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The Beginning and the End

The Beginning and the End

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 31, 1960

Runtime

2h 10m

Genres

Drama

User Score

80%

Original Title

بداية ونهاية

Production Companies

Dinar Film

Director

Salah Abu Seif

Description

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.