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The Street Player
The Street Player

The Street Player

August 6, 1983
1h 49m
Drama
Critics
85/100
Story
82/100
Acting
88/100
Cinematography
90/100
Soundtrack
80/100

Fares, a shoe factory worker, has only one passion in life: football. He lives a humble life in a chaotic neighborhood where he plays street football to increase his income. However, neither his marriage nor his job is stable enough. He goes through a lot of problems due to his lack of self-discipline with his divorced wife and his son.

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Details

Director
Mohamed Khan
Cast
Adel Emam, Ferdoos Abdel Hamid, Nagah El-Mogui, Abdallah Farghaly, Zizi Mostafa, Abdullah Mahmoud, Hamdy El Wazeer, Sabry Abdelmonem, Ibrahim Qadry, Farouq Youssef
Release Date
August 6, 1983
Production
أفلام الصحبة للإنتاج السينمائي

Rating Distribution

User Ratings

5 Stars65%
1235
4 Stars25%
475
3 Stars8%
152
2 Stars2%
38
1 Stars0%
0
Total: 1,900 ratings

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