Return of the Prodigal Son
1976 · 125 min
Drama · Music
★ 6.4Freed 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.
Crew
- Director Youssef Chahine
- Screenplay Salah Jahin
- Writer Youssef Chahine
- Writer Farouk Beloufa
- Director of Photography Abdel Aziz Fahmy
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
Mahmood Al-Meleji
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
Crew
- Director — Youssef Chahine
- Screenplay — Salah Jahin
- Writer — Youssef Chahine
- Writer — Farouk Beloufa
- Director of Photography — Abdel Aziz Fahmy
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