Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.

Yehia

Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father

Yehia's Mother

Ibrahim

Sarah Sorel

Adel Bey

Thomas "Tommy" Friskin

Nadia

Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father

Grandmother

Morsi

Sorel

British Ambassador

Princess Chahinour

The Sheikh

Elly

Acting

Acting

Acting
August 23, 1979

Yehia

Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father

Yehia's Mother

Ibrahim

Sarah Sorel

Adel Bey

Thomas "Tommy" Friskin

Nadia

Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father

Grandmother

Morsi

Sorel

British Ambassador

Princess Chahinour

The Sheikh

Elly

Acting

Acting

Acting

