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Widescreen. Justine (
Anouk Aimee) is a Jewish prostitute living in Egypt who manages to sleep her way to the top. Along the way, she helps the Jews fight for their own homeland against the British and Arabs. The story is told from the perspective of the English nobleman Darley (
Michael York), who first meets the temptress in 1938. The Jews in Egypt are continually pressured by the Moslem majority, who also persecute local Coptic Christians. Justine helps both Christians and Jews in Alexandria receive fair treatment despite religious and racial prejudice.
Dirk Bogarde and
Anna Karina also star in this story tinged with adultery, incest, homosexuality and religious and nationalistic fervor. This story is based on the novel
Justine, one of four which comprise the
Alexandria Quartet, by British diplomat and novelist Lawrence Durrell.
