Doha Film Institute
In present-day Alexandria, a factory worker, Sayed el-Deeb, dies on the job. The only compensation offered to his family is the employment of his two sons, Hossam, on the assembly line and twelve-year-old Maro, in the workshop, both near the worker who caused Sayed’s accidental death.
In present-day Alexandria, a factory worker, Sayed el-Deeb, dies on the job. The only compensation offered to his family is the employment of his two sons, Hossam, on the assembly line and twelve-year-old Maro, in the workshop, both near the worker who caused Sayed’s accidental death.

Credits

Director
Mohamed Rashad
Screenwriter
Mohamed Rashad
Producer
Hala Lotfy, Etienne de Ricaud, Kesmat Elsayed
Production Company
Hassala Films, Caractères Productions, Seera Films
Cast
Adham Shokri, Zeyad Eslam, Hanadi Abdel Khalek, Mohamad Abdel Hadi, Emad Ghoneim, Hagar Omar

About the Director

Mohamed Rashad
Mohamed Rashad was born in 1980, the son of a presser, and raised in Alexandria, where he still lives. He graduated from the University of Alexandria, where he studied civil engineering, and started working at Caritas Egypt with homeless children, setting up drama workshops among other activities. After undertaking a two-year filmmaking workshop at the Jesuit Cultural Film School of Alexandria, he
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