Baba Amin

The year is 1950 and the story takes place in Cairo. Amin is an ordinary clerk. He lives with his wife Zahira, his son Nabil and his daughter Hoda. His friend Mabrouk puts a venture to him. He promises that it will make Amin rich. Amin puts all his savings into it. He forgets, though, to take a receipt. Not long afterwards he dies without warning. The story does not end with his death. Amin goes on watching his family from the other side. He sees what becomes of the people he left behind. He also learns what happened to his money. What befalls the family leaves him helpless. The film runs comedy and drama alongside each other. Hussein Reyaad and Faten Hamama appear in the hundred and eleven minute film, an Egyptian production Youssef Chahine finished in 1950.