Afarit El-Asphalt
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Oussama Fawzi
Hassan Hosni
Abdallah Mahmoud
Salwa Khatab
Mahmoud Hmida
Jamil Rateb
Film Details
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Synopsis
Centering around a shameless womanizing taxi driver named Sayed--otherwise known as the "king of the asphalt"--comes this tale of a group of doomed characters, motivated by momentary acts of illicit passion, who only seem to manage to "steal" love, without ever being able to experience it fully.
Director
Oussama Fawzi
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Carthage International Film Festival in Tunisia October 11-20, 1996.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 2-12, 1996.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 21 - April 6, 1997.
Shown at the South African Film Focus/ Resonnances Africaines July 3-13, 1997.
35mm
color
dialogue Arabic
