Yehia is the patriarch of the Al-Tabakhs, a hardworking and loving family specialized in wedding receptions. Re'efat, his eldest son, is madly in love with the young, stylish, and divorced Shadia, even though he is already engaged to his cousin Karima - who in turn is in love with Re'efat’s younger brother. This romantic mess only leads those involved to sufferring in secret. Their hidden stories threaten to erupt when the family is called to organize Farid Abu Rayya’s wedding, a corrupt politician and Shadia’s former lover. Toronto and Locarno Film Festivals, 2016.
Yousry Nasrallah
1952, Cairo, Egypt. Filmography: Summer Thefts (Toronto Film Festival 1988), Mercedes (Locarno and Toronto, 1993), On Boys, Girls and the Veil (1995), The City (special mention at the Locarno Film Festival 1999), The Gate of Sun (Cannes Film Festival 2004), The Aquarium (Berlin Film Festival 2008), Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (Toronto and Lina Mangiacapre award at Venice, 2009), 18 Days (Cannes 2011), and After the Battle (Cannes 2012).
