The Asphalt Kings

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 27, 1996

Original language

Arabic

Spoken languages

Arabic

Countries

Egypt

Production

Aflam Guirguiss Fawzy

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0115477