The Asphalt Kings (1996)
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: Osama Fawzy
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Mahmoud Hemida as Sayed |
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Abdullah Mahmoud as Ringo |
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Salwa Khattab as Inshrah |
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Hassan Hosny as Usta Muhammad |
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Gamil Ratib as Abdullah |
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Aida Abdel Aziz as Tafida |
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Lotfy Labib as Saleh |
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Mohammed Tawfik as Ali |
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Manal Afifi as Bataa |
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Amal Ibrahim as Zahia |
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Mohamed Sharaf as Shaban |
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Shaaban Abdel Rahim as Singer |
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Alaa Awad as |
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Maged El Kedwany as Halzouna |
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Kamal Soliman as |
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Motawie Eweiss as |
| Directing | Osama Fawzy | Director |
| Sound | Rageh Daoud | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tarek El Tilmisany | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ahmad Metwalli | Editor |
| Art | Salah Marei | Production Design |