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Bad Day Good Day

Original title: Yom Murr Yom Hulw
  • 1988
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Bad Day Good Day (1988)
Drama

A poor family struggles to survive in the slums of Cairo in this depressing social melodrama. Aicha is the widowed matriarch who uses her savvy to avoid tragic calamities. Soon even her cons... Read allA poor family struggles to survive in the slums of Cairo in this depressing social melodrama. Aicha is the widowed matriarch who uses her savvy to avoid tragic calamities. Soon even her considerable efforts can't save her family from the inevitable problems of lower-class poverty... Read allA poor family struggles to survive in the slums of Cairo in this depressing social melodrama. Aicha is the widowed matriarch who uses her savvy to avoid tragic calamities. Soon even her considerable efforts can't save her family from the inevitable problems of lower-class poverty, and her daughters resort to drawing up marriage contracts to find husbands. One women ma... Read all

  • Director
    • Khairy Beshara
  • Writers
    • Khairy Beshara
    • Fayez Ghali
    • Ahmad Fouad Najm
  • Stars
    • Faten Hamama
    • Mohamed Mounir
    • Abla Kamel
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    326
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Khairy Beshara
    • Writers
      • Khairy Beshara
      • Fayez Ghali
      • Ahmad Fouad Najm
    • Stars
      • Faten Hamama
      • Mohamed Mounir
      • Abla Kamel
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama
    • Aisha (Mother)
    • (as Fetan Hamamah)
    Mohamed Mounir
    • Orabi (son in law for Aisha)
    Abla Kamel
    • Souad
    Hanan Youssef
    Hanan Youssef
    • Sanaa
    Hassan AbdulSalam
    • Bakehouse owner Bayyumi
    Ibrahim Ahmad
    Mervat Al-Shennawi
    Alaa Awad
    Salwa Bader
    • Child Asmah Abdulgabbar
    • (as Salwa Muhammad Ahmad)
    Mustafa Bakri
    Mahmoud El Gendy
    Mahmoud El Gendy
    • Harbi
    • (as Mahmoud El Guindi)
    Jala Fahmi
    • Broadcaster
    Khaled Hafez
    • Child
    Mohamed Henedi
    Mohamed Henedi
    • Broadcaster's assistant
    Ahmad Hussain
    • Nour
    Midhat Ibrahim
    • Child
    Ahmed Kamal
    • Nabil
    Ali Khalifa
    • Director
      • Khairy Beshara
    • Writers
      • Khairy Beshara
      • Fayez Ghali
      • Ahmad Fouad Najm
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    • Release date
      • February 19, 1988 (Egypt)
    • Country of origin
      • Egypt
    • Language
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Bitter Day, Sweet Day
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      • 2h 5m(125 min)
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