A father's desperate gamble: his child's life against his own soul.
After leaving juvie, Rabie meets a friend who gets him a job at a gambling den. He walks away from the gambling world and has a family but he finds himself forced to go back to his old life after his son gets sick.
Acting
Mahmoud El Meligy's haunted eyes carry entire scenes.
Direction
Emara's Cairo feels like a trap closing slowly.
Director
Ibrahim Emara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Egypt's golden age of cinema, this represents the shadow side of the era's glamour—working-class Cairenes crushed by systems, not stars.
El Meligy was famous for villain roles; this rare sympathetic lead was reportedly his personal favorite performance.
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