Overview
A father loses his carpentry workshop after his son-in-law stops paying taxes regularly. His son Hassan, a bus driver, struggles hard to save his father’s workshop, while the daughters try to replace it with a new project inspired by the “Infitah” era.
Director and cast
- Atef El-Tayeb Director
- Nour El-Sherif as Hassan Sultan
- Mervat Amin as Mervat
- Emad Hamdy as Hajj Sultan
- Hasan Hosny as Awny
- Zahrat Al-Ola as Mervat's Mother
- Aziza Helmy as Sultan's Wife, Hasan's mom
- Shaaban Hussein as Rizk
- Nabila El Sayed as Samiha Sultan
- Waheid Seif as Elbrens
- Hamdy El Wazeer as Daef
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