Naglaa Fathy, Farid Shawqy, Ezzat Al Alaily, Youssef Wahby, Abdullah Mahmoud, Yahya Shaheen

Youssef Chahine

Set in Alexandria during World War II, the story depicts the unstable conditions of a number of the city's inhabitants as well as their intertwining lives. At the heart of the story, Yehia, a teenager who is fond of acting, comes of age as he tries to prove himself and thinks about traveling to America to study acting despite his parents’ difficult circumstances.