Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
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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.
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Unspoken TruthsPolitical ActivismRedemption ArcPersonal DisillusionmentImprisonment And ReleaseSearch For PurposeFamily Expectations












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Directed by: Youssef Chahine, Farouk Beloufa, Asmaa El Bakry
Written by: Youssef Chahine, Farouk Beloufa
Produced by: Mahmoud El Kholy, Youssef Chahine, Seif Abdelrahman
Composed by: Baleegh Hamdy, Kamal Al Taweel
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

Mahmoud El Meligy
Mohamed Madbouly

Soheir El Morshedy
Fatima Tawfiq Hassan

Sid Ali Kouiret
Hassouna

Ragaa Hussein
Lawahez - Hassouna's wife

Ali Al Sharif
Clown
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