Film
Return of the Prodigal Son
DZ · Egypt- Director
- Youssef Chahine
- Year
- 1976
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.
Top 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
Mohamed Refaat
Aaidah Riyadh
School teacher
Directed by
Youssef Chahine
Written by
Youssef Chahine, Salah Jahin, Farouk Beloufa
Produced by
Mahmoud El Kholy, Youssef Chahine, Seif Abdelrahman
