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Al Asfour (Arabic: العصفور, "The Sparrow") is a 1972 film directed by Youssef Chahine,[1][2][3] with Ali Badrakhan[4] as second director.
Synopsis
June, 1967, on the eve of the Six-Day War. The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer the harassment of a corrupt businessman. The police officer crosses paths with a journalist who is investigating what appears to be a scandal involving the theft of weapons and war machinery by high officials. Youssef Chahine offers us a portrait of the “sparrows”, the simple people of his country whom others use to get rich.
Cast
- Salah Kabil as Yussif Fath el-Bab
- Ali El Scherif as Rawf
- Mahmoud El-Meliguy as Ryad
- Seif El Dine as Ismail
- Mariem Fakhr El Dine as Fatma
- Habiba
- Mohsena Tewfik as Bahiya
- Sid Ali Kouiret
References
- ^ "Egypt's cinematic gems: The Sparrow". MadaMasr.
- ^ "THE SPARROW". Misr International Films.
- ^ "Youssef Chahine, the Cosmopolite of Egyptian Cinema". Harvard Film Archive.
- ^ "Ali Badrakhan - Director Filmography، photos، Video".
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)
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