Mahmoud el-Meliguy
Madbouli
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Ali, the son of a prominent family in a rural town, returns after being gone for 12 years. The hopes of his family and the town itself were pinned to his success in Cairo. But due to a series of events in a failed architectural scheme that resulted in a tower collapsing, he was jailed for 3 years.
Overview. Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment. Youssef Chahine.
Return of the Prodigal Son. Freed after spending 12 years in jail, a man's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations.
- Drama, Musical
Political struggle, family drama, and youth's disillusionment find their expression in the form of a musical. Dark comedy? Prodigal son returns from a jail to a town where everyone is expecting him to lead worker's struggle against his industrialist brother.
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- Youssef Chahine
After an unsuccessful suicide attempt, an architect is admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
- Drama
- Jana Brejchová
- Evald Schorm
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The Return of the Prodigal Son. In this Andre Gide adaptation, an activist is released after many years in prison and returns home, shaking up established relationships among his family members at the farm governed by his strict father.
Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment.
