The film tells the story of an ex-burglar who is struggling to lead a normal life with his wife and little son. His elder brother pressures him to return to burglary.
Acting
Adel Emam's haunted eyes sell every frame.
Direction
Seif captures Cairo's claustrophobic desperation.
Director
Samir Seif
Adel Emam
Maher Sayed Ali
Soad Hosny
Fatima/Batta
Farouq Al Fishawy
Tariq Al-Roubi
Saeed Saleh
Bayoumi Sayed Ali
Karim Abdel Aziz
Child Ali Maher Sayed Ali
Ali Al Sharif
Afyouna
Fouad Ahmed
Hammouda Al-Awar
Naima ElSoghier
Sayda
Saeeda Galal
Mona Abdullah
Nurse
Hamdy Youssef
Major Tariq's father
Ahmed Abdelhady
Uncle of Major Tariq
Samia Samy
Ahmed Hussein
Aawatif Tikla
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This cemented Emam's 'everyman antihero' persona that defined Egyptian cinema for decades.
Soad Hosny filmed her scenes while battling personal turmoil; her fragility reads as layered performance.
EG
