Guest from Heaven

Guest from Heaven

2003 · 95 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy, Drama

The story of the life of the monk (Andrew Samuel), who grew up in the province of Beni Suef at the end of the nineteenth century, lost his sight at the age of three years, and sent to the monastery for the purpose of learning, but years later decided to monk in the monastery of St. (Samuel confessor). The film is subject to asceticism, humility, miracles and biography until his death in the 1980s.

Directed by Emad Fouad

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