The Best of Times

Ahla al awkat

Egypt

2004

Color

Arabic

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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SCR Hala Khalil, Wessam Soliman

CAST Hend Sabri, Menna Shalabi, Hanan Turk, Amr Waked, Hassan Hosny, Maha Abu Auf, Samie Al-Adel, Khairy Beshara, Ahmad Kamal, Marwa Mahran, Hend Sabry, Khaled Saleh

Ahla el-Awqat (The Best of Times) tells the story of a successful middle-aged woman (Salma, played by Hanan Tork) who is left to live with her step father after a not-so-tragic accident that claims the life of her mother. —IMDb

Director

Hala Khalil

HALA KHALIL was born in 1967 in Egypt and graduated in directing from the Cairo Academy in 1992. Her award-winning short filmsincludeThe Kite, and she made her feature directing debut with The Best of Times (2004), which won awards from the Arab Film Festival, Rotterdam, the Rabat Film Festival and the Egyptian Film Critics’ Association. —Dubai Film Fest