Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
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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Cast
Hesham Selim
as Ibrahim Tolba Madbouly
Hesham Saleh Selim (January 27, 1958 - September 22, 2022) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He graduated from the High Institute of Tourism and Hotels in Cairo and later studied at the Royal...
Majida El Roumi
as Tafida Hassouna
Majida El Roumi (born December 13, 1956) is a Lebanese soprano singer and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. Her father was the great composer Halim El Roumi, who discovered the Lebanese star Fairuz...
Ahmed Mehrez
as Ali Mohamed Madbouly
An Egyptian actor, born in 1949 into a prominent family. His father, Ismail Mehrez, was one of the doctors of the royal family before the July revolution, and his mother, Lady Sharifa, was one of the...
Shoukry Sarhan
as Tolba Mohamed Madbouly
Sarhan was born in El Sharqiya, Egypt on 12 March 1925. He graduated from the "High Institute of Acting in Egypt" in 1947. In 1949, Sarhan acted in his first movie, Lahalibo.
Huda Sultan
as Ratiba, the Mother
Mahmoud El Meligy
as Mohamed Madbouly
Mahmoud El Meligy was an Egyptian screenwriter and actor of film, theatre, and television. He started his career playing minor roles, but achieved stardom in the late 1930s. A popular and award-winnin...
Director
Youssef Chahine
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