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Bitter Day, Sweet Day (1988)

120 min - Drama, Social Criticism - 19 February 1988
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Aisha is a widow with five children, Sana, Suad, Lamia, Asmaa and Noor. The eldest got married to Orabi the carpenter, and are living in the family's poor house. Orabi starts acting like he's the man of the house, and the other sisters try to find their way in life.

Director:  Khairy Beshara
Writers:  Fayez Ghali (Story & Screenplay) & Ahmad Fouad Negm
Stars:  Faten Hamama, Mohamed Mounir, Hanan Youssef, Mahmoud El-Jendy, Simon, Hassan Abdel Salam, Salwa Mohamed Ahmed, Jala Fahmy, Suhair Salem, Abla Kamel, Randa (Nawal), Alaa Awad, Mohammed Mustafa, Ahmed Kamal, Mohamed Henedy, ...
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The Asphalt Kings

Poster for the movie "The Asphalt Kings"
Poster for the movie "The Asphalt Kings"

The Asphalt Kings (1996)

96 min - Action, Drama, Thriller - 27 March 1996
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A raucous and amazingly irreverent look at contemporary Cairo, THE ASPHALT KING centers on Sayed, a swaggering cabdriver and (to his mind) born womanizer. Embroiled in a torrid affair with a buxom neighbor, Sayed pays his best friend Ringo to keep the neighbor's barber husband busy -- but the husband, as well as Ringo, Sayed's mother, father, sister and grandfather, have their own amorous intrigues brewing. Director Oussama Fawzi has been hailed as the brightest young director to have recently emerged in Egyptian cinema.

Director:  Ossama Fawzy
Writers:  Moustafa Zekri
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