He took the fall for her crime. She repaid him with betrayal. Now he's back.
Sami, whose wife Madiha accidentally kills a bystander while driving her car, claims to be the culprit to clear his wife. After he discovers her betrayal, he retracts his words, but to no avail, and is sentenced to jail for three years. After he gets out, he decides to take revenge on his wife, lover, and the judge who sentenced him.
Acting
Kamal Al-Shenawy's simmering desperation carries every frame.
Direction
El-Sabawy builds dread through Cairo's shadowed streets.
Director
Ahmed El-Sabawy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1980s Egyptian cinema often explored honor and masculinity under crisis; this film weaponizes both.
Kamal Al-Shenawy was already a 40-year veteran—his weathered face here is the entire special effect.
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