The Day I Smoked a Cigarette with My Father

Name: The Day I Smoked a Cigarette with My Father
Genre: Drama, Animation
Released: 2026-09-15
Duration: 12 min

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Release Date

9/15/2026

Runtime

12 mins

Genres

Drama Animation

Overview

Cairo, 1964. Alaa, a 12-year-old boy, and his three younger siblings hear shouting from the street. Outside, the crowd is cheering for a man. The children can barely believe their eyes: the man is their father, Ibrahim.

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Released

Original Language

French

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A delicate portrait of a fleeting moment between a father and son in 1960s Cairo, captured with the tenderness of memory itself. The film unfolds as a small, intimate encounter that carries the weight of absence and the quiet wonder of unexpected presence.