The Market
1987, Arabic. Directed by Nasser Hussien.
Abdo leaves his village and goes to Cairo to work in the vegetable market. He meets Aziza, and marries her. Shams controls the vegetable market and monopolizes the prices. He admires Abdo and asks him to work with him. He agrees . Safiya, Shams's wife, admires Abdou, and tries to seduce him, but he repulses her. She claims that he tried to rape her, so Shams and his men take revenge and attempt to attack Aziza, but she is able to escape after a bitter struggle with the help of Abdou's friends. Then the struggle for market leadership turned between Abdo and Shams.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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- Released
- 23 March 1987
- Original title
- السوق
- Country
- Egypt
- Written by
- Nasser Hussien
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The Market runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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The Market isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 March 1987. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Market?
The Market (1987) was directed by Nasser Hussien and stars Younes Shalaby, Mohamed Reda, Aziza Rashid.