Cairo Classics · 45th Edition
The Beggar
Director
Houssam El-Din Mustafa
Country
Egypt
Runtime
2 h 5 min
Language
Arabic
Synopsis
Omar is a successful lawyer and a happy husband with two daughters. He's being chased by existential questions regarding life. Throughout his middle life crisis he is torn between the nightlife as he has never experienced before and the spiritual honest life society expects of him.
Cast
Mahmoud Moursy, Ahmad Mazhar, Maryam Fakhruddin, Nelly, Shouweikar
Screenplay
Ahmed Abbas Saleh
Producers
Gamal Madkour
About the Director
Hossam El Din Mostafa, one of the most famous Egyptian film directors, studied film directing in the United States. He participated as an assistant in the movie "The Ten Commandments" in 1956, directed by Cecil DeMille. He directed 100 films from 1956 to 1994. He passed away in 2000 at the age of 74.
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