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.
as Ibrahim Tolba Madbouly
as Tafida Hassouna
as Ali Mohamed Madbouly
as Tolba Mohamed Madbouly
as Ratiba, the Mother
as Mohamed Madbouly
as Fatima Tawfiq Hassan
as Hassouna
as Lawahez - Hassouna's wife
as Clown
as Captain Hossam
as Ahmed Al-Taweel
as School teacher
