Switzerland / Aug 11, 1996 / Source: IMDB (Locarno Film Festival)
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Mohammed Tawfik | Ali |
| Manal Afifi | Bataa |
| Amal Ibrahim | Zahia |
| Mohamed Sharaf | Shaban |
| Shaaban Abdel Rahim | Singer |
| Alaa Awad | |
| Maged El Kedwany | Halzouna |
| Kamal Soliman | |
| Motawie Eweiss |
Genres
ActionDramaThriller
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | عفاريت الاسفلت |
| Original language | العربية (AR) |
| Spoken languages | العربية |
| Production countries | Egypt |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Aflam Guirguiss Fawzy |
| Release date | 27 marzo 1996 |
| Editing | Ahmad Metwalli |
| Cinematography | Tarek El Tilmisany |
| Assistant directors | Osama Fawzy |
| Camera operators | Tarek El Tilmisany |
| Additional photography | Tarek El Tilmisany |
| Production design | Salah Marei |
| Art direction | Salah Marei |
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| Set decoration | Salah Marei |
| Music | Rageh Daoud |
| Sound | Rageh Daoud |
Release dates
Premiere
Limited release
United States / Mar 27, 1996 / R
Theatrical release
Egypt / Jul 08, 1996
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