The Berry and the Cane

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Niazi Mostafa

Status Released

Release Date 1986-01-20

Storyline

Set in old Cairo, Hassouna (Hamdy Gheith) is a mean thug who collects money from people for protection. He prosecutes Ashour El Nagy's (Ezzat El Alaily) family, who transform from wealth to poverty. Hassouna forces Ashour to divorce his wife and leave the neighborhood, and then tries to marry her.