

133 minutes
8/23/1979
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.

Mohsen Mohey ElDein
as Yehia

Mahmoud El Meligy
as Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father

Mohsena Tawfiq
as Yehia's Mother
Abdullah Mahmoud
as Mohsen

Ahmed Zaki
as Ibrahim

Naglaa Fathy
as Sarah Sorel

Ahmed Mehrez
as Adel Bey

Gerry Sundquist
as Thomas "Tommy" Friskin

Laila Hamada
as Nadia

Farid Shawqy
as Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father

Zeinab Sedky
as Grandmother

Ezzat Al Alaily
as Morsi

Youssef Wahby
as Sorel

Yehia Chahine
as British Ambassador

Laila Fawzy
as Princess Chahinour

Abdel Warith Assir
as The Sheikh

Abdel Salam Mohamed
as Elly

Seif Abdelrahman

Abdelaziz Makhyoun

Ahmad Bedir

Aida Kamel

Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim

Hassan Hussein

Ali Ezz ElDein

Antic Melkior
as Le Général

Ahmed Salama

Naima ElSoghier

Mohamed Abu Hashish

Rashad Osman

Ali Jawhar

Ahmed Abdel Wareth

Aqeila Rateb

Osama Abbas

Mohamed Shawqi

Hamdy El Wazeer

Samiha Mohamed

Naeem Essa