Orphaned siblings on opposite sides of the law — when justice meets blood, who wins?
A family consisting of a father, mother, son and little girl. The father and mother die in an accident, and the two children go to live with their uncle who treats them harshly, which prompts the boy to leave his uncle's house and rush into the path of crime and deviance, while the girl stays with her uncle's wife. The girl grows up and enters the police academy, and by chance she catches her brother red-handed in a drug case.
Acting
Samah Anwar carries the film's tragic arc.
Writing
Brutal irony of siblings as cop and criminal.
Direction
Maximizes melodrama without tipping into parody.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1990 Egyptian cinema often used police academy narratives to explore women's changing social roles, making the sister's arc quietly radical for its era.
The title 'Wi Daa El Tareeq' translates roughly to 'And This Is the Path' — a devastatingly ironic nod to destiny and the roads not taken.
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