The autobiography of a film director who grows up in a small town then leaves for the city to finish his studies. When he became famous, he decided to make a film about his upbringing in the village based on his childhood memories.
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The people behind it
Abdel Moneim Amayri
Mourad
Dima Kandalaft
Rima
Abdellatif Abdelhamid
Father
Fadi Sobieh
School Principal
Qays Sheikh Najib
Omar
Rabab Merhej
Ayman Abdel Salam
نزار
Masa Zaher
Huda
Ahmed Rafea
مروان
Jamal El-Ali
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