Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
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.
- Released
- 1976-09-24
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Youssef Chahine, Salah Jahin
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 from 38 votes
Cast
- Hesham Selim as Ibrahim Tolba Madbouly
- Majida El Roumi as Tafida Hassouna
- Ahmed Mehrez as Ali Mohamed Madbouly
- Shoukry Sarhan as Tolba Mohamed Madbouly
- Huda Sultan as Ratiba, the Mother
- Mahmood Al-Meleji as Mohamed Madbouly
- Soheir El Morshedy as Fatima Tawfiq Hassan
- Sid Ali Kouiret as Hassouna
- Ragaa Hussein as Lawahez - Hassouna's wife
- Ali Al Sharif as Clown
- Ahmed Abdel Wareth as Captain Hossam
- Ahmad Bedir as Ahmed Al-Taweel