When a dispute happens between Hassan and Jeblawi , Hassan causes the factory owner, said, to fire Jeblawi. Jablawi works for drug dealer Abbas and steals money from him. He returns to town and buys Said's factory at an auction. Abbas and his men find Jeblawi and work out a deal.
Acting
Kamal Al-Shenawy's simmering presence as the vengeful Gabalawi.
Production
Gritty factory-town atmosphere that reeks of sweat and desperation.
Director
Adel El Aassar
Kamal Al-Shenawy
al-Gabalawi
Samah Anwar
Wafaa
Hesham Selim
Hussain
Shoukry Sarhan
factory owner
Aaidah Riyadh
Bassima
Wael Nour
Sikinuh
Shawqi Shamekh
Fattouh
Sayed Abdel Karim
Hassan
Ramsis
Hassan
Sabry Abdelmonem
Awad
Abdel Salam Mohamed
The father of the raped girl
Abdel Ghani Naser
Mouallem Abbas is a chief drug dealer
Adel Ammar
Doctor
Maha Ezzat
Nagwa Kamel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film captures Egypt's early-90s economic anxiety, where factory closures and informal economies collided in popular cinema.
Director Adel El Aassar was known for social dramas that walked the line between commercial entertainment and pointed class critique—this might be his most cynical.
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