Every year on the third Sunday of June, the world celebrates “International Father’s Day,” in recognition of the role of the father who always symbolizes strength and support in his family. We note that there are artistic works that talk about the father in Egyptian cinema, but they are very few compared to the works that talk about the mother.

This matter raised the question of many viewers and critics as well: Why is there no celebration of the father in our Eastern society, unlike Western societies? Some of them attributed the reason to the fact that the role of the mother is the strongest in the Egyptian family and Eastern society in general, as she is the one who raises the children, supervises their education, and takes care of their health. Their daily needs, in addition to managing the home and various family affairs, while the father’s role is often limited to working and saving money. Unlike Western societies, in which the father shares equally with the mother in raising and caring for the children.

But this does not prevent the existence of many cinematic films that talked about the role of the father in the life of the Egyptian family and his influence on the lives of his children, whether negatively or positively. In celebration of this day, we remember together a number of artists who played the role of the father in Egyptian cinema, in films that were entrenched in the minds of the audience for many years.

Hussein Riyad

Hussein Riad appeared as the character of a kind and caring father in the movie “The Seven Daughters,” where he played the role of a father who struggles at his work. He has 7 daughters whom he takes responsibility for after the death of his wife, and each one of them faces many problems, until they finally succeed in overcoming them together.

Hussein Riad also played the role of the father in the movie “Return My Heart,” where he embodied the role of the poor father who strives for his livelihood and does not accept that his dignity or the dignity of his children be insulted. Likewise, in the movie “Baba Amin,” which tells the story of a family man who wants to get rich quickly to secure his children’s future, so he gives his friend all his savings so that they can be partners in a business project.

Zaki Rostom

Zaki Rostom played the role of the father in the movie “Me and My Daughters,” whose story revolves around a widower who lives with his four daughters, but he restricts them and prevents them from mingling or working. When the father retires, a swindler seizes his reward. The father is admitted to the hospital, and the daughters are forced to go to work to help their father and face life's circumstances.

Zaki Rostom also played the role of the father in the movie “My Children,” where he played the role of a husband whose wife dies, leaving him with three children. The maid sets her nets on him until he marries her, but she betrays him and is cruel to his children, causing problems to begin with them.

Youssef Wehbe

Despite Youssef Wehbe’s brilliance in presenting serious characters, he played the role of a light-hearted father in a comedic way in the movie “Rumor of Love.” He is the helpless husband in front of his wife, but he takes a decisive stance to determine his daughter’s fate, so he devises a cunning plan with the aim of marrying her to his nephew. He also presented the father’s character in a way that distinguished him from other artists through a number of works, including “Searching for a Scandal,” “The Great Love,” and “Dalaa al-Banat.”

Abdel Moneim Madbouly

Abdel Moneim Madbouly excelled in presenting the character of a caring, kind father who gives all his time to his home and his children in the movie “The Grandson,” which tells the story of a family with 7 children. The movie discusses the difficulties that fathers and mothers face in assuming responsibility for their children. He also played the role of a conservative father who fears for his young daughter, so he assigns the son of one of his friends to watch her when she goes on a trip with her friends in the movie “Fun Beach.”

He also presented the character of a father who is strict and conservative with his three daughters in the events of the movie “In the Summer We Must Love,” where he goes with them to summer in the city of Alexandria. However, he forbids them from going to the sea and forces them to wear modest clothes, so the girls trick him after he falls asleep and leave their room. Wearing sexy clothes to meet some guys.

Emad Hamdy

Imad Hamdi played the role of a strong, domineering father in the movie “Sins,” whose story begins with two brothers whose father separates them in treatment, until one of them is surprised that he is not his real son, but rather a foundling whom he adopted from the shelter. He also played the role of the father in one of the most famous films in the history of Egyptian cinema, which is “My Father on the Tree,” where he played the role of a father who tries to save his son from getting lost in the world of nightclubs and accompanying dancers. He, like him, falls into the same quagmire, but the son succeeds in the end. In saving his father from the clutches of one of the night girls, they leave the nightclub and return home together.

Farid Shawqi

Farid Shawqi excelled in playing the character of the father, as he presented it in a large number of artistic works, including the movie “Ya Rab Walad,” in which he played the role of the father of three girls who get married and live with their husbands, supporting the father in the same house, and the father hopes to have a son to inherit his business. He is also the father who is surprised that his daughter is accused in a murder case, then discovers that the real killer is her twin sister, who he thought had died while she was living with a gang and practicing theft, as part of the events of the movie “Oh and Oh from Sherbet.”

As for the movie “A Man Who Lost His Mind,” Farid Shawqi played the role of a father who spends all his money on his many female relationships, which he justifies by the fact that his wife has grown old and has begun to neglect him and herself and only cares about her home and children, so his children seek in every way to save the family from collapse.

Yahya Shaheen

Yehia Shaheen portrayed one of the most famous roles in the history of Egyptian cinema, the character “Si El-Sayed”, through the trilogy of films “Bein Al-Qasrain”, “Qasr Al-Shouq” and “Al-Sukkariyya”, where he appeared in the role of the cruel head of the family who deals very strictly with members of the family. his family. He also played the role of the father in a number of films, including “A Thing of Fear” and “This Man I Love.”

Suleiman Naguib

In most of his roles, Suleiman Naguib embodied the character of a caring father who does not stand up to his children’s desires. In the movie “Wards of Love,” he is the father whose daughter refused to marry a wealthy man, so he spread rumors about her misbehavior, which prompted her father to file a case of restitution to save his daughter’s reputation. He also played the role of the rich aristocratic father in several films such as “Ghazal Al Banat,” “Miss Mama,” “The Heart Has One,” and “I’m Not an Angel.”

Adel Emam

Adel Imam presented the character of the jealous father through the movie “Aries.”