Movie: Return Of The Prodigal Son

Top 10 Billed Cast

Hesham Selim
Hesham Selim

Ibrahim Tolba Madbouly

Majida El Roumi
Majida El Roumi

Tafida Hassouna

Ahmed Mehrez
Ahmed Mehrez

Ali Muhammad Madbouly

Shoukry Sarhan
Shoukry Sarhan

Tolba Mohamed Madbouly

Huda Sultan
هدى سلطان

Ratiba, the Mother

Mahmoud El Meligy
محمود المليجي

Mohamed Madbouli

Soheir El Morshedy
Soheir El Morshedy

Fatima Tawfiq Hassan

Sid Ali Kouiret
Sid Ali Kouiret

Hassouna

Ragaa Hussein
Ragaa Hussein

Lawahez - Hassouna's wife

Ali Al Sharif
علي الشريف

Clown

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1976-09-24

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    5.7

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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    العربية
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