The Cairo Trilogy ثلاثية القاهرة


The life paths of the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad during the period of the British occupation, and before the outbreak of the 1919 revolution, starting with the family's patriarch who lives a double life, his son Fahmy who joins a secret political organization, and the older son Yassin who...Read more follows his father's footsteps in pursuing women.


10 years after Fahmy died, Ahmed Abdel Gawad returns to his normal life. He falls for Zanouba who is in love with his son Yassin. As Zanouba marries Yassin, Kamal's idealism is compromised when Aida abandons him for a wealthy guy.


The film follows Sayed Abdel Gawwad's family from its second to third generation, reflecting socio-political changes in Egypt prior to and post the revolution of July 1952, and their effects on the family's life paths and culture, from the extreme religious right to the socialist left.