AWDAT AL BIN AL DAL (1976) | [aka... عوده الابن الضال - Return of the Prodigal Son, The ]

Written by:
Youssef Chahine

Salah Jahine

Farouk Belufa

Produced by:
Youssef Chahine

Cinematography by:
Abdel Aziz Fahmy

Editing by:
Rashida Abdel Salam

Original Music by:
Hassan Abouzeid

Genre:
Drama/War/Music

Production Company:
Misr international films

  Freely adapted from the novel by Andre Gide, this Egyptian/Algerian co-production is another of Chahine’s moving parables set between the Arab-Israeli Wars. After being imprisoned for political activism for more than a decade, Ali is finally returning home to his family. His family, in turn, looks to Ali to stand up against his ruthless brother's tyranny. But when Ali and his family are reunited, they find that prison has so thoroughly crushed Ali's youth and idealism that he now allies himself with the oppressor.

Hesham Selim
Magda El-Roomy
Shukry Sarhan
Soher El Morshedy
Ragaa' Hussien
Ahmed Mehrez
Hoda Soltan
Mahmoud El-Meliguy

. At its first release, the film was considered too snooty.

 Egypt/Algeria - 120 min - 35MM - Color -  mono

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