The Beginning and the End

1960

130 min

8.0

Ends at

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 the 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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama

Director

Salah Abu Seif

Country

Egypt

Cast & Crew

Omar Sharif

Sanaa Gamil

Farid Shawqy

Kamal Hussein

Amina Rizk

Salah Mansour

Amaal Farid

Abdel Khaleq Saleh

Hamed Morsi

Mohamed Hamdy

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The Beginning and the End

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 the 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.

  • Omar Sharif

  • Sanaa Gamil

  • Farid Shawqy

  • Kamal Hussein

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