Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment.
Cast
Hesham Selim
Ibrahim Tolba Madbouly
Majida El Roumi
Tafida Hassouna
Ahmed Mehrez
Ali Mohamed Madbouly
Shoukry Sarhan
Tolba Mohamed Madbouly
Huda Sultan
Ratiba, the Mother
Mahmoud El Meligy
Mohamed Madbouly
Soheir El Morshedy
Fatima Tawfiq Hassan
Sid Ali Kouiret
Hassouna
Ragaa Hussein
Lawahez - Hassouna's wife
Ali Al Sharif
Clown
Ahmed Abdel Wareth
Captain Hossam
Ahmad Bedir
Ahmed Al-Taweel
Mohamed Refaat
Unknown
Aaidah Riyadh
School teacher
Crew
Youssef Chahine
Director, Writer, Producer
Farouk Beloufa
Writer, Assistant Director
Salah Jahin
Screenplay, Songs
Rashida Abdel Salam
Editor
Abdel Aziz Fahmy
Director of Photography
Asmaa El Bakry
Assistant Director
Mahmoud El Kholy
Producer
Seif Abdelrahman
Producer
Baleegh Hamdy
Original Music Composer
Kamal Al Taweel
Original Music Composer
André Gide
Original Story
