The Beginning and the End

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Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.

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Creators

Salah Abu Seif

director

Naguib Mahfouz

writer

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Salah Erzine

writer

Salah Abu Seif

writer

Cast

Omar Sharif actor Sanaa Gamil actor

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Farid Shawqy actor

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Kamal Hussein actor Amina Rizk actor

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Salah Mansour actor

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Amaal Farid actor

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Abdel Khaleq Saleh actor

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Hamed Morsi actor

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Mohamed Hamdy actor

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Samia Roshdy actor

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Hussain Ismael actor

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Thuraya Fakhry actor

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Abdel Moneim Ismail actor

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Mohamed Nabih actor

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Ahmed Shukry actor

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Mokhtar Hussain actor

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Shushu Ezz El Din actor