Summary This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone. View more details
Directed : Hasan El-Emam
Written : Naguib Mahfouz
Stars : Hussein Fahmy Salah Qabil Tawfik El Deken Shadia
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Jan 16, 1992
Countries of origin : Egypt
Language : Arabic
Summary This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone. View more details
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Jan 16, 1992
Countries of origin : Egypt
Language : Arabic
