Character Relationship Map: The Postman

Characters

• Abbas (played by Shoukry Sarhan) — protagonist
• Gamila (played by Zizi Mostafa) — supporting
• Gamilas father (played by Salah Mansour) — supporting
• khalil (played by Seif Abdelrahman) — supporting
• Semeda (played by Hassan Mostafa) — supporting
• Naasa (played by Soheir El Morshedy) — supporting
• Soher (played by Moshira Ismail) — supporting
• halema (played by Nahed Samir) — supporting
• Om Ahmed (played by Ehsan Sherif) — supporting
• hosney (played by Ahmed ElGezeiry) — supporting
• Abul samee wahdan (played by Abdel Ghani Qamar) — supporting
• moawad (played by Ali Roushdy) — minor
• aziz (played by Eskandar Mansy) — minor
• gamila's aunt (played by Fateheya Ali) — minor
• mariam (played by Aawatif Tikla) — minor
• village grocer (played by Ibrahim Qadry) — minor
• شيخ الغفر (played by Abdelalim Khattab) — cameo

Story Analysis

A rural postal officer's well-intentioned interference in private correspondence triggers a chain of events leading to communal disaster.

Plot Progression

1. Arrival and Settlement
2. Rural Alienation
3. Secret Interference
4. Catastrophic Unraveling