The film "Woman Unknown" received the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, the maximum prize of the competition. The film is a drama directed by El-Toukhy.
The film "NAZA" was awarded a special jury prize in the same competition.
In the story of the film awarded the Golden Lion, a young nanny and domestic worker marries her boss, a wealthy man, widowed and older than her.
The protagonist hides a shameful secret that threatens to destroy her new life and social position, in a context of anarchy that followed World War II.
