Beggars and Noblemen
1991 · Movie · 92 min. · Egypt
The setting is Cairo in June of 1945, during the last days of the Second World War. Gohar, a former university professor, encounters a young prostitute in an empty brothel and kills her in a moment of insanity. Assigned to the murder case, police inspector Nour El-Din stays on Gohar’s trail hoping for a confrontation and confession of the crime. In this remarkable adaptation of the novel by Albert Cossery, both the detective and the criminal are faces with startling realizations as one closes in on the other.
Direction Asmaa El-Bakry
Cast Salah El-Saadany · Mahmoud El Guindi · Abdel Aziz Makhyoun · Ahmad Adam · Hanan Youssef · Lola Mohamed · Lubna Wanas
Soundtrack Mustafa Nagi
Screenplay Hossam Zakaria · Albert Cossery
Cinematography Ramses Marzouk
Original title Beggars and Noblemen
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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