I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying, also known as The Made Up Truth (Egyptian Arabic: أنا لا أكذب ولكني أتجمل German: Die geschminkte wahrheit translit: Ana La Aktheb Wlakenani Atajaml), is 1981 Egyptian film written by Ihsan Abdel Quddous and directed by Ibrahim El-Shaqanqeeri. It stars Salah Zulfikar, Ahmed Zaki and Athar El-Hakim.

Plot

Rafik Hamdy is a famous writer, who has one daughter, Khairya, a college student. Her colleague Ibrahim, the diligent student, falls in love with her and she also exchanges love, although the rich student Hani admires her, Ibrahim tries to hide the truth of his social level for fear that Khairiya will move away from him, to claim that he is from a wealthy family. But eventually, Rafik knows the truth and confronts Ibrahim and now Khairia must choose.

I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying

Main cast

Salah Zulfikar as Rafik Hamdy

Ahmed Zaki as Ibrahim

Athar El-Hakim as Khairia

Zahrat El-Ola as Nadia

Nahed Samir as Mobrouka

Farouk Youssef as Hani

Maha Abu Ouf as Maisa

Ahmed El Gezery as Saleh

Mohamed Shawky as Madbouly

Fatheya Chahine as Hani’s mother

Ahmed Khamis

References

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1981 films

1980s Arabic-language films

20th-century Egyptian films

Egyptian romantic drama films

Films shot in Egypt

I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying