The Return of the Prodigal Son(عودة الابن الضال)
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Egypt · 1976
2h 4m
Director Youssef Chahine
Starring Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Hoda Soltan, Shukri Sarhan, Soheir El-Morshidy
Genre Drama, Music
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After 12 years of city life, a failed architecture project, and a prison sentence, Ali returns to his ancestral village and reunites with his family and an old flame. While the community welcomes him with open arms, Ali feels pressure from everyone to succeed and carry his family into success as well.
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