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The Return of the Prodigal Son (1976 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Return of the Prodigal Son' (, translit. Awdat Al Ibn Aldal) is a 1976 Egyptian drama film directed by direcor Youssef Chahine.
Plot
Ali, the son of a prominent family in a rural town, returns after being gone for 12 years. The hopes of his family and the town itself were pinned to his success in Cairo. But due to a series of events in a failed architectural scheme that resulted in a tower collapsing, he was jailed for 3 years. At home, he experiences the warm reception of his father, mother, his would-be bride, and nephew. But excitement soon turns to delusion as the family and the town sees that he will not be able to fix the failures of the family's company and the economic backbone of the town. Eventually at his own wedding, Ali takes a gun and shoots down his brother and mother. Ali's brother, Tolba, manages to shoot Ali before they both succumb to their wounds. Only the nephew, Ibrahim, manages to escape the carnage and leaves to pursue a science degree in Alexandria.
Cast
* Majida El Roumi as Tafida
* Souheir El Morshdy as Fatima
* Shoukry Sarhan as Tolba
* Huda Sultan as The Mother
* Mahmoud el-Meliguy as The Father
* Ahmad Mehrez as Ali
* Hesham Selim as Ibrahim
See also
* Cinema of Egypt
* Lists of Egyptian films
* List of Egyptian films of the 1970s
* List of Egyptian films of 1976
References
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