Before the Summer Crowds
Apr 13 2016
•1h 25m
•Drama
In a tourist resort on the northern coast, Dr. Yahya decides to spend the holiday with his wife Magda before the coast gets crowded . The two are introduced to a recently divorced translator and a mother of two called Hala .
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Maged El Kedwany
Yahya al-Qadi
Hana Shiha
Hala Sri
Ahmed Dawood
Gomaa
Salwa Mohamed Ali
Mona
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