Return of the Prodigal Son

6.3
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Run time: 125 min
  • Premiere: 1976. September 24.

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.

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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

Ragaa Hussein

Lawahez - Hassouna's wife

Ahmed Abdel Wareth

Captain Hossam

Ahmad Bedir

Ahmed Al-Taweel

Aaidah Riyadh

School teacher

Camera

Abdel Aziz Fahmy

Director of Photography

Directing

Farouk Beloufa

Assistant Director

Asmaa El Bakry

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Baleegh Hamdy

Original Music Composer

Kamal Al Taweel

Original Music Composer

Writing

Salah Jahin

Screenplay

André Gide

Original Story