Hawi

(2010)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 451 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2010

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: Egypt

Director: Ibrahim El Batout

Cast: Hanan Youssef, شريف دسوقي, Ibrahim El Batout, Hani El Dakkak

Plot

Hawi is about several Egyptian citizens living in the city of Alexandria under very tough conditions. They are striving to make a living and make ends meet and all they have is hope.

Youssef (40 years old ) gets out of 5 years solitary imprisonment. It seems that they let him out just to hand in the documents that he kept hiding for a long time. In Alexandria, he meets Ibrahim and Fady, with whom he shared the same prison 20 years ago. What unites all the 3 characters is their despair that resembles the eternal sea of Alexandria in its vastness, but Alexandria with all her charm couldn't convince Youssef to stay alive for more than ten days.