Before Spring is a film that tackles the three months prior to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, with special emphasis on the reasons and motives that sparked it as well as the general state of affairs that prompted the youth to revolt.
A group of street children of various ages with one thing in common, the all live in the same ghetto. Each has/her own way of earning a living, some search garbage for food, others are thieves, drug dealers, or prostitutes. The film tries to capture the price these unfortunate children have to pay to earn enough to barely survive on the margins of society. The film puts the fully responsibility on society and the government for this phenomenon, which is significantly spreading.
A group of street children of various ages with one thing in common, the all live in the same ghetto. Each has/her own way of earning a living, some search garbage for food, others are thieves, drug dealers, or prostitutes. The film tries to capture the price these unfortunate children have to pay to earn enough to barely survive on the margins of society. The film puts the fully responsibility on society and the government for this phenomenon, which is significantly spreading.
During the Gulf War, Fatma works as a maid for a wealthy man, and her son Mohammed is suffering from oppression by his teacher Mansour, who's having an affair with Fatima, taking advantage of her difficult circumstances. Mohammad gets drawn to extremist religious world led by Sheikh Khalid.
