Cinema
The Bus Driver
سواق الأوتوبيس
Atef El-Tayeb · 1982
Synopsis
Hassan fought in the October 1973 war; he now drives a bus by day and a taxi by night, to support his wife and their son. The tax authorities threaten to seize his father's workshop for unpaid taxes. Hassan goes from sister to sister, to three women whose husbands have grown rich, to raise the sum, and each finds a reason to give nothing. In this family round, he measures what money has done to his own people.
Context
The film was released on 11 July 1982, according to elCinema. The story is by Mohamed Khan and Bashir al-Dik, who wrote the screenplay; Saïd Chimi was responsible for the cinematography and Kamal Bakir for the music, on a production by Ghattas Katla. Nour el-Cherif plays Hassan, Emad Hamdi the father and Mervat Amin the wife. A popular success, it earned Nour el-Cherif a prize at the New Delhi festival, and Mada Masr regards it as one of the most radical examples of the new realism.
Who it is for
A feature film of one hour forty-eight minutes, in Egyptian Arabic, included among the classics of the Cairo festival.
Prizes and reception
Eighth in the ranking of the hundred best Egyptian films, and the film through which its director made his name.
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