Summary The setting is Cairo in June of 1945, during the last days of the Second World War. Gohar, a former university professor, encounters a young prostitute in an empty brothel and kills her in a moment of insanity. Assigned to the murder case, police inspector Nour El-Din stays on Gohar's trail hoping for a confrontation and confession of the crime. In this remarkable adaptation of the novel by Albert Cossery, both the detective and the criminal are faces with startling realizations as one closes in on the other. View more details
Directed : Asmaa El-Bakry
Written : Albert Cossery Hossam Zakaria
Stars : Ahmad Adam Mahmood El-Gindi Salah El-Saadany Abdulaziz Makhyoon
Genres : Mystery Drama
Release date : Feb 6, 1991
Countries of origin : France Egypt
Language : Arabic
Filming locations : Cairo, Egypt
Production companies : MISR International Films Palmyre Productions
Summary The setting is Cairo in June of 1945, during the last days of the Second World War. Gohar, a former university professor, encounters a young prostitute in an empty brothel and kills her in a moment of insanity. Assigned to the murder case, police inspector Nour El-Din stays on Gohar's trail hoping for a confrontation and confession of the crime. In this remarkable adaptation of the novel by Albert Cossery, both the detective and the criminal are faces with startling realizations as one closes in on the other. View more details
Genres : Mystery Drama
Release date : Feb 6, 1991
Countries of origin : France Egypt
Language : Arabic
Filming locations : Cairo, Egypt
Production companies : MISR International Films Palmyre Productions
