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TITLE: RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON, THE
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DIRECTOR: Chahine, Youssef
LENGTH: 106 min.
COLOR_B&W_TINTED: B&W
RELEASE_DATE: 1954
GENRE_MAIN: Drama
GENRE_SECOND: Literature
GENRE_THIRD: Social Issues
COUNTRY_OF_ORIGIN: Egypt
LANGUAGE: Arabic
SUBTITLES_DUB: Subtitles
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RIGHTS_TV: TV
AVAILABILITY_DATE: Current
TERRITORY_DOMESTIC: U.S.
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SYNOPSIS: Freely adapted from the novel by Andre Gide, this Egyptian/Algerian co-production is another of Chahine’s moving parables set between the Arab-Israeli wars. After being imprisoned for political activism for more than a decade, Ali is finally returning home to his family. His family, in turn, looks to Ali to stand up against his ruthless brother's tyranny. But when Ali and his family are reunited, they find that prison has so thoroughly crushed Ali's youth and idealism that he now allies himself with the oppressor.
