Egyptian film – Scheherazade: Tell me a Story
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“Scheherazade: Tell Me a Story,” screened at the Venice film festival outside the main competition, tells the story of Hebba, a successful talk-show host whose husband urges her to steer clear of politics in order to forward his own career.
As the deputy editor of a state-run newspaper in Cairo, Karim has been told by officials he is in line for the top job as long as his wife tones down the provocative content of her popular television slot. But by inviting women to tell their personal, tragic stories, she unwittingly exposes fundamental flaws in Egyptian society where, the film argues, women are treated as sexual trophies and used and abused as men see fit.
When a man who tricks one of the women in order to extort money turns out to be a senior party figure, Hebba’s comfortable life and seemingly perfect marriage begin to fall apart.
Excerpted from an article by Mike Collett-White for REUTERS
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