Aya Samaha and Ahmed Hatem are teaming up again on the film "Awal Laila."
The pic marks the second collaboration between the pair after the 2024 TV series "Omar Affendi".
Gihan El Shamashergy, Hatem Salah, Sayed Ragab, Entsar, and Rahma Ahmed round out the cast.
It is scripted by Ahmed Badawy, directed by Sandro Canaan, and produced by Film Square.
Samaha made her last appearance on the big screen in the 2024 film "6 Ayam" ('6 Days'), starring opposite Ahmed Malek.
The pic hails from director Karim Shaaban, in his full-length feature film debut. Shaaban directs the pic from a script by Wael Hamdy. Sea Cinema Productions is the studio behind the film.
The official logline reads:"Fate brought them back together. Can they rewrite their ending."
Samaha, born on March 31, 1992, started her acting career with the 2016 film "Hepta: The Last Lecture" and received more onscreen time in the 2016 mystery TV series "Grand Hotel".
In 2020, she starred in Netfix's series "Paranormal", based on Ahmed Khaled Tawfik's supernatural novel "Ma Waraa Al Tabiaa".
Her TV credits also include "Malika", "Rageen Ya Hawa", "Seeb Wana Aseeb", "El Soffara", and “Ala Bab Al-Omara”.