After failing to find stable work in Cairo, Hassanein joins a group of beggars and unwittingly becomes involved with a corrupt businessman who suspects him of being a police informant.
Acting
Adel Emam's physical comedy hits different in every scene.
Writing
Satire sharper than Cairo summer heat.
Director
Ahmed El-Sabawy
Adel Emam
حسنين البرطوشي
Esaad Younes
عايدة
Waheid Seif
الدكتور جمعة
Ahmad Rateb
حامد
Sayed Zayan
خليل الغبي
Hayatem
امراة خال حسنين
Ali Al Sharif
سيد هاموش
Salah Nazmi
فايق بيه عايش
Badr Nofal
والد عايدة
Zakaria Mouafi
هنداوي - خال حسنين
Ahmed Adaweya
عبده كفتة
Azza Sherif
راقصة
Qassem El Daly
نادل
Wahid Hamdy
صرمة
Abdulhadi Anwar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adel Emam dominated Egyptian box offices for decades by making working-class struggle hilarious and heartbreaking simultaneously.
The film's Cairo location shooting captured neighborhoods now demolished, making it accidental documentary of vanished street life.
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