09 Nov 1959
Between Heaven and Earth
In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.
Return of the Prodigal Son
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.
Top Billed Cast
Hesham Selim Ibrahim Tolba Madbouly
Majida El Roumi Tafida Hassouna
Ahmed Mehrez Ali Mohamed Madbouly
Shoukry Sarhan Tolba Mohamed Madbouly
هدى سلطان Ratiba, the Mother
محمود المليجي Mohamed Madbouly
Soheir El Morshedy Fatima Tawfiq Hassan
Sid Ali Kouiret Hassouna
Ragaa Hussein Lawahez - Hassouna's wife
علي الشريف Clown
Ahmed Abdel Wareth Captain Hossam
أحمد بدير Ahmed Al-Taweel
Mohamed Refaat 
Aaidah Riyadh School teacher
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