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The Sparrow is a egyptien film of genre Drama directed by Youssef Chahine with Mahmoud el-Meliguy

The Sparrow (1974)

العصفور

The Sparrow
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Length 1h45
Directed by
OriginEgypte
Genres Drama,    Comedy-drama
Rating68% 3.434153.434153.434153.434153.43415

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

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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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