The Sparrow (1972 film)
| Al Asfour | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Youssef Chahine |
| Screenplay by | Youssef Chahine Lotfi Al Khouli |
| Produced by | Misr International Films MH Films |
| Starring | Mahmoud el-Meliguy Salah Kabil Salah Mansour Ali El Sherif Ahmed Bedir Hamdy Ahmed Habiba |
| Cinematography | Mostafa Emam |
| Edited by | Rashida Abdel Salam |
| Music by | Hassan Abouzeid |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | Algeria Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
Al Asfour (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.
References[]
- ^ "Egypt's cinematic gems: The Sparrow". MadaMasr.
- ^ "THE SPARROW". Misr International Films.
- ^ "Youssef Chahine, the Cosmopolite of Egyptian Cinema". Harvard Film Archive.
- ^ https://www.elcinema.com/en/person/1034686/
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA)
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