

He wanted a baby. He got a paternity test from hell instead.
A husband is shocked that after having a baby, he realizes that he is infertile.
Acting
Mahmoud Yassin's slow-burn implosion is masterclass.
Direction
Fahmy weaponizes Cairo's claustrophobic interiors.

Director
Ashraf Fahmy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1979 Egypt saw a wave of 'masculine crisis' films reflecting post-war social shifts and质疑 of patriarchal certainty.
Yassin and El-Sherif were real-life rivals; their tension in the interrogation scene reportedly needed only one take.