Best Times

Apr 4, 2004

1h 53m

★ 7.6

Overview

Ahla el-Awqat (The Best of Times) tells the story of a successful middle-aged woman (Salma, played by Hanan Tork) who is left to live with her step father after a not-so-tragic accident that claims the life of her mother. Salma goes on a quest to find out the identity of the sender of mystery letters and packages. One letter includes a picture of her and her two best friends from school (played by the Hend Sabry and Menna Shalaby), whom she has not seen for 14 years. Reunited, the girls embark on the quest of finding the identity of the sender.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

El-Adl Group

Best Times Trailers

Cast

Salma

Hanan Turk

Yusreya

Hend Sabry

Doha Abdul Karim

Menna Shalabi

Uncle Rabie

Samy El Adl

Hisham Jalal

Amr Waked

Ibrahim

Khaled Saleh

Salma's father

Hassan Hosny

Abdulsalam

Ahmed Kamal

Najwa

Maha Abou Ouf

Jiji

Marwa Mehran

Tarek

Amir Karara

Himself

Khairy Beshara

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