Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
• September 24th, 1976 • 2h 5min
Drama, Music
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
House No. 13
Released on: 1952-09-23
Drama, Crime, Mystery
Sherif visits a psychiatrist for his illness who exploits him to commit a murder by hypnotism.
Empire M
Released on: 1972-11-06
Family, Drama, Romance
Well off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from ele...
Bit of Fear
Released on: 1969-02-03
Drama
Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. A...
Dananeir
Released on: 1940-09-29
Drama, Music, Romance
A concubine to a ruling family is challenged when the family is overthrown.
Jamila, the Algerian
Released on: 1958-12-09
Drama, History, War
Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah dis...
The Rebels
Released on: 1968-01-02
Drama
A sick doctor is admitted to an isolated sanatorium located in the middle of a desolate desert. As a...
The Sinners
Released on: 1976-09-23
Drama, Crime
Actress Sanaa Kamel is found murdered on her bed, and an investigation starts, taking into account e...
The Choice
Released on: 1971-03-15
Thriller, Drama, Crime
When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime sus...
Wife Number 13
Released on: 1962-03-05
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music
Murad Salem is a rich man who is used to getting what he wants whenever he wants it. When he meets a...
Salama Is Fine
Released on: 1937-11-29
Comedy, Drama
A courier is sent to deposit a cash amount to the bank but he arrives late. He goes to a hotel to sp...
The Fools Alley
Released on: 1955-01-02
Drama
Khadiga lives in a poor neighborhood with her parents. She tries to save up money so she could marry...
Cairo 30
Released on: 1966-10-31
Drama, Thriller
Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's ...
A Man in Our House
Released on: 1961-04-17
Drama, History, Romance
Rebel Ibrahim Hamdy assassinates a pro-colonial Prime Minister but is arrested and hides with a fell...
Between Heaven and Earth
Released on: 1959-11-09
Comedy, Drama
In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a ...
The Thug
Released on: 1957-04-29
Drama
Haridy arrives at the vegetable market in search of a job opportunity, he works for Master Abu Zaid ...
The Beginning and the End
Released on: 1960-10-31
Drama
Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grap...
Rise to the Abyss
Released on: 1978-10-02
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Abla travels to France and gets recruited by the Mossad under the pretext of working as a journalist...
Saladin the Victorious
Released on: 1963-02-25
Drama, War, History
The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christia...
The Night of Counting the Years
Released on: 1969-01-27
Drama, History
Set in 1881, a year before the start of British colonial rule, it is based on the true story of the ...
Cairo Station
Released on: 1958-07-31
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo...