The Quail and Autumn

2h 9m
Drama
7.5

Eissa Al-Dabagh is a member of a washed-out political party that was defanged by the 1952 revolution. When he meets the prostitute Riri, he tries to use her to chase the mirage of the power and control he once had. But when he discovers that she is pregnant, he kicks her out.

Cast

Mahmoud Moursy
Issa Al Dabbagh
Nadia Lotfi
Riri
Abdallah Ghaith
Hassan
Laila Sheir
Salwa
Adel Adham
Unknown
Naima Wasfi
Issa Al-Dabbagh’s mother
Ihsan ElQala'awy
Issa Al-Dabbagh’s wife
Mimi Chakib
Unknown
Abdel Azim Abdel Haqq
Unknown
Ehsan Sherif
Unknown
Ola Rami
Unknown

Crew

Hossam El Dine Mostafa
Director
Naguib Mahfouz
Writer
Ahmed Abbas Saleh
Scenario Writer
Clelio Cicivelli
Cinematography
Ahmed El-Sabawy
Assistant Director
Shadi Abdel Salam
Production Design

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