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THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON (AWDAT AL-IBN AL DAL)
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Completed - 124 minutes

Previous markets

  • Karlovy Vary 2019 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 1976

Director(s) : Youssef CHAHINE

Synopsis

Chahine’s most allegorical film, featuring the bloodiest of all his endings. This bold family saga, Chahine’s first great political picture, concerns a family waiting for the return of the long-absent younger brother to save them from the tyranny of their elder sibling. It is also a work of great physicality that shows the human body in an imposing fashion previously unseen and unexplored in Egyptian cinema.

Production

Country(ies) : EGYPT, ALGERIA

Festivals and Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2019 Tribute to Youssef Chahine


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