A taxi driver, a rich widow, and a heist at a mental hospital—1989 Cairo chaos ensues.
Reda, a taxi driver, drives the wealthy widow Imane who has just returned from abroad. She lets him drive her to run errands, and he helps her break her sweetheart, the engineer Hassan, out from a mental hospital.
Acting
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz's taxi driver: chaotic, tender, unforgettable.
Direction
Atef El-Tayeb balances social bite with genuine warmth.
Production
Pre-gentrification Cairo captured in gorgeous, lived-in detail.
Director
Atef El-Tayeb
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
Redha Rushdy
Mervat Amin
Iman Khatab
Ahmad Rateb
Amen
Yousuf Shaaban
Hassan Darwesh
Inam Salusah
Fawziyah
Sanaa Younes
Tamtam
Shaaban Hussein
Medhat
Fouad Khalil
Hospital's Manager
Ahmad Bedir
Jablawi Abu Jabal Al-Jabali
Othman Abdel Monem
Sweilem
Ahmed Abu Abiya
Shabrawy
Abdallah Farghaly
Fouad Bey
Zakaria Mouafi
Bank manager
Mohamed ElShewihy
Sayed ElGinn
Mohamed Dardeery
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