Return of a Citizen

Oct 13, 1986

1h 40m

★ 6.4

Overview

Shaker returns from Doha after an absence of eight years hoping to resume his life in Cairo with his siblings Fawzia, Najwa, Ibrahim and Mahdi, after achieving them financial security. He's shocked by the social changes that happened while he was away that affected them,making them no longer need him.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

شاكر

Yehia El Fakharany

فوزية

Mervat Amin

مهدي

Ahmed Abdelaziz

إبراهيم

Sherif Mounir

نجوي

Magda Zaki

تامر

Ibrahim Yousri

مصطفي

Hussein ElSherbiny

علي / الخال

Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

ظابط

Lotfy Labib

Othman Abdel Monem

Abdullah Mahmoud

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