Return of the Prodigal Son
عودة الابن الضال
Release: 1976-09-24
·Runtime: 125m
·★ 6.3
Drama
Music
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.
Production Countries
Algeria
Egypt
Production Companies
Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
أفلام مصر العالمية (يوسف شاهين وشركاه)
Cast
Huda Sultan
as Ratiba, the Mother
Mahmoud El Meligy
as Mohamed Madbouly
Ahmad Bedir
as Ahmed Al-Taweel
Mohamed Refaat
Aaidah Riyadh
as School teacher
Hesham Selim
as Ibrahim Tolba Madbouly
Majida El Roumi
as Tafida Hassouna
Shoukry Sarhan
as Tolba Mohamed Madbouly
Soheir El Morshedy
as Fatima Tawfiq Hassan
Sid Ali Kouiret
as Hassouna
Ragaa Hussein
as Lawahez - Hassouna's wife
Ali Al Sharif
as Clown
Ahmed Abdel Wareth
as Captain Hossam
Ahmed Mehrez
as Ali Mohamed Madbouly
Crew
Baleegh Hamdy
Original Music Composer
Kamal Al Taweel
Original Music Composer
Abdel Aziz Fahmy
Director of Photography
Youssef Chahine
Producer, Director, Writer
Mahmoud El Kholy
Producer
Rashida Abdel Salam
Editor
Asmaa El Bakry
Assistant Director
Salah Jahin
Screenplay, Songs
Farouk Beloufa
Assistant Director, Writer
Seif Abdelrahman
Producer