The Beginning and the End

Directed by Salah Abu Seif

Written by Naguib Mahfouz, Salah Abu Seif, Salah Erzine

Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.

Cast

Omar Sharif

Hassanein

Sanaa Gamil

Nefisah

Farid Shawqy

Hassan

Kamal Hussein

Hussein

Amina Rizk

The Mother

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Salah Mansour

The Grocer's Son

Amaal Farid

Bahiya

Abdel Khaleq Saleh

Hamed Morsi

Mohamed Hamdy

Samia Roshdy

Hussain Ismael