---
title: 'Qalb El Lel (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Atef El Tayeb'
released: '1989-10-02'
runtime_minutes: 120
countries:
  - 'Egypt'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/qalb-el-lel-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8146168/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Qalb El Lel (1989)

1989 · 120 min · Egypt


## Synopsis

Heart of the Night is an Egyptian film first released in 1989. The film is directed by Atef El Tayeb, features a screenplay by Mohsen Zayed based on the novel of the same title by Naguib Mahfouz, and stars Nour El-Sherif, and Hala Sedki. The film adapts the novel's unconventional storytelling while hewing closely to the periods in which the narrator, Jaafar Ibrahim al-Sayed, set the tale. A metaphysical allegory, the film discusses man's endless search for safe harbor since his descent into the world with original sin and free will as his eternal burdens.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Atef El Tayeb](https://cinepixo.com/people/atef-el-tayeb)

## Cast

- [Nour El-Sherif](https://cinepixo.com/people/nour-el-sherif)

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