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.
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Cast
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Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
Redha Rushdy
Also in
Kit Kat
El Keif
Mahmoud Abdulaziz
Mervat Amin
Iman Khatab
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Morgan Ahmed Morgan
The Wife of an Important Man
Ahmad Rateb
Amen
Known for
Life's Speed Bump
The Yacoubian Building
Yousuf Shaaban
Hassan Darwesh
Known for
The Three Friends
Inam Salusah
Fawziyah
Known for
Bittersweet
X-Large
Sanaa Younes
Tamtam
Known for
September 11
Shaaban Hussein
Medhat
Also in
Wanees's Diaries
Horseless Knight
Fouad Khalil
Hospital's Manager
Also in
The Egg and the Stone
El Keif
Ahmad Bedir
Jablawi Abu Jabal Al-Jabali
Known for
The Yacoubian Building
Othman Abdel Monem
Sweilem
Also in
El Lemby
Kit Kat
Ahmed Abu Abiya
Shabrawy
Known for
The Three Friends
Atef El-Tayeb Director · Wahid Hamid Writer Abdel Moneim Bahnassy Cinematographer
First release January 16, 1989 · Produced in Egypt · Original title الدنيا على جناح يمامة
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Egypt
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Original title
الدنيا على جناح يمامة
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · January 16, 1989
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No release date listed for United States.
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