Hayy Cinema | Youssef Chahine Retrospective: Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
Jeddah · 09/12/2022
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Return of the Prodigal Son / Awdet El Ibn El Dal Director: Youssef Chahine Release Date: 1976 Running Time: 120 min utes Language: Arabic Subtitles: English Screening Schedule: 9 December 2022, 8pm | 15 December, 8pm | 21 December, 8pm | 28 December 2022, 8pm The story is adapted from a novel by Andre Gide and depicts a family going through a fatal crisis. Ali Madbouli, a former social activist who went on to marry the daughter of a wealthy contractor with lucrative government construction deals, returns home to his family after ten years in prison. Ali had been imprisoned for his involvement in a cost-cutting scheme having resulted in the collapse of a contracted building. But the man who returns is no longer the well-loved Ali they remember. Back to what's on -->
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- Event: Hayy Cinema | Youssef Chahine Retrospective: Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)
- Time window: 9 December 2022 at 09:00 AM to 28 December 2022 at 06:00 PM
- City: Jeddah
- Venue: Hayy Jameel
- Classification: Culture and art
- Organizer: Art Jameel / Hayy Jameel
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- 9 December 2022 at 09:00 AM to 28 December 2022 at 06:00 PM
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Hayy Cinema | Youssef Chahine Retrospective: Return of the Prodigal Son (1976) starts on 09/12/2022 and ends on 28/12/2022, Saudi time.
The event takes place in Jeddah, Hayy Jameel.
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