Summer Thefts
Oct 10 1988
•2h 32m
•Drama
Set in the summer of 1961 during President Nasser's land reforms, this is a story of the childhood friendship between Yasser, the son of a bourgeois landowner, and Leil, the son of an Egyptian peasant. When turbulent times tear Yasser's family apart, the boys team up for a money-making scheme that results in misadventures.
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Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed
Young Yasser
Menha Batraoui
Mona
Mona Zakaria
Rima
Chohdi Srour
Yasser
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