Al Asfour

Al Asfour
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Produced by Misr International Films MH Films
Screenplay by Youssef Chahine
Lotfi Al Khouli
Starring Mahmoud el-Meliguy
Salah Kabil
Salah Mansour
Ali El Sherif
Ahmed Bedir
Hamdy Ahmed
Habiba
Mohsena Tawfik
Music by Hassan Abouzeid
Cinematography Mostafa Emam
Edited by Rashida Abdel Salam
Release dates
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
105 minutes
Country Algeria
Egypt
Language Arabic

Al Asfour (العصفور, "The Sparrow") is a 1972 film.

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.

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