Return of the Prodigal Son (1978)
Awdat al ibn al dal
120 min
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
- September 24, 1976
- Country of origin
- Egypt
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
Cast
- Hesham Selim as Ibrahim Madbouli
- Shukri Sarhan as Tolba
- Huda Sultan as Ratiba, the Mother
- Mahmoud El Meligy as Madbouli
- Sid Ali Kouiret as Hassouna
- Ahmad Bedair as Ahmed Al-Taweel
- Aida Riyad as School teacher
- Soheir El-Morshidy as Fatma
- Majida El Roumi as Tafida
- Ali El Sherif
- Ragaa Hussein
Crew
- Youssef Chahine · Director
- Farouk Beloufa · Writer
- Youssef Chahine · Writer
- Salah Jahine · Writer
- Seif Abdelrahman · Producer
- Youssef Chahine · Producer
- Abdelhamid Dawoud · Producer
- Mahmoud El Kholy · Producer
- Hassan Abouzeid · Composer
- Salah Jahine · Composer
- Abdel Aziz Fahmy · Cinematographer
- Rashida Abdel Salam · Editor