晨曦微茫的小岛上，海水轻柔俯视着纤尘不染的沙滩。伴随着浪花的涌动，浮游生物、海藻、海螺、扇贝等海洋生命搁浅在陆地之上，等待它们的则是饥肠辘辘的捕食者。矶鹬（sandpiper）三五成群，鸣叫着落在了湿漉漉的沙滩上，啄食着可口的扇贝。许是经过了多年的历练，每当新一波潮水涌过来时，它们便第一时间轻盈地躲开，绝不会沾湿半根羽毛。不远处的灌木丛里，一只破壳未久的小矶鹬窥伺着父母的一举一动。少顷，妈妈飞回巢穴，小家伙一如既往张开嘴巴等着喂食，不过妈妈似乎决意要让孩子独立，自顾自将扇贝肉吃到肚子里。没有办法，小矶鹬只能走向海边。然而海水是那么讨厌，一波一波扑向这个未谙世事的小家伙。这时，一个意外突然发生…… 　　本片为《海底总动员2》的贴片动画。

Bécassine, a naive and clumsy farm girl, is hired as a nanny in a bourgeois family.

This compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside, follows the story of Amna as she plots her revenge on the engineer who destroyed her family's honor. 　　------------------------------------ 　　This is a wonderful Egyptian film that the average Western audience never gets an opportunity to see. It's really a shame as the movie gives so much insight into the culture and the story, though very "foreign" features some characters you can easily relate to an care for. 　　The film is a great film that shows the clash between very conservative Islamic values and traditions and those of a more modern Moslem world. This clash is extremely poignant and seems to illustrate that the spirit of the law and tradition is much more important that the traditions themselves. 　　The film begins with a woman and her two adult daughters finding out that the father is murdered. It seems that this man was committing adultery and someone took it upon themselves to punish him. However, instead of just punishing him and being done with it, the family Patriarch (the uncle) tells the women they must leave the village and fend for themselves! It ISN'T because they did anything wrong, but that they would be a reminder of the man's infidelity. So, in his twisted thinking, he cast these women out with no regard to their future just so the family APPEARS good and just to outsiders!! The ladies appear fortunate when they arrive at a far-off town because the two youngest are able to get jobs as maids. However, the oldest daughter is eventually seduced (or possibly raped) by her employer and the family. The mother is extremely upset by this and contacts the patriarch to ask for his assistance. The "kindly" uncle agrees to take them back to the original village, but on the way, he murders the "fallen sister"! The inequity of her death and the employer never being punished is a major theme of the film. While some in the male-dominated society might approve of this, the unjustness of the murder is definitely called into question. And, since no one seems to care, the youngest daughter, Amna, decides to run from her Uncle's home and find the older sister's ex-employer and exact justice! All this occurs just in the first half of the movie! The rest is the slowly unfolding of Amna's revenge and the unexpected twists and turns the plot takes along the way. And, fortunately, this is NOT a by-the-numbers movie--it is definitely NOT predictable or written for a dumb audience! This is an exceptionally well written, acted and directed film. In addition, the cinematography is exquisite. The only down side, and this is a very minor quibble, is that the music is a bit "tinny".