A Scrap of Bread explained
| A Scrap of Bread |
| Director: | Niazi Mostafa |
| Producer: | Mustafa Hassan |
| Starring: | Salah Zulfikar |
| Cinematography: | Mostafa Hassan |
| Editing: | Galal Mostafa |
| Production Companies: | New World Films (Mustafa Hassan) |
| Distributor: | Abdel Reheem Yazdi |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Language: | Egyptian Arabic |
A Scrap of Bread[1] (aliases: Daily Bread, Egyptian Arabic: لقمة العيش, translit. Louqmat Al-Aych or Lukmat El Aish)[2] [3] is a 1960 Egyptian film starring Salah Zulfikar and directed by Niazi Mustafa.[4] [5] [6]
Plot
Two friends, Mohsen and Fathi, live together in a hotel; both do not work. Mohsen and Samia fall in love with each other. Mohsen finally finds a job opportunity at Samia's father's farm, but the only condition for this job is that the employee must be married. Mohsen is forced to lie in order to get the job, so Fathi wears women clothes and goes with Mohsen to the farm as Mohsen's wife, and events escalate.
Staff
- Directed by: Niazi Mostafa
- Story and script: Niazi Mostafa, Abdel Fattah El-Sayed, Mostafa Fouad
- Cinematographer: Mostafa Hassan
- Editing: Galal Mustafa
- Production: New World Films (Mustafa Hassan)
- Distributor: Abdul Rahim Yazdi
- Editor: Abdul Rahim Yazdi
Cast
- Salah Zulfikar as Mohsen
- Maha Sabry as Samiya
- Adel Khairy as Fathi
- Zuzu Madi as Mounira
- Hassan Fayek Samia's father
- Saeed Abu Bakr as Bassiouni
- Abdul-Alim Khattab as Ghazal
- Badr Nofal as Owais
- Salwa Mahmoud as Mabrooka
- Kawthar Ramzy as Kawthar
- Abbas Rahmi as Doctor
- Huda Tawfik as Farm woman
- Ragaa Abdel Hamid as Farm woman
- Hussein Ismail as Waiter
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Armes, Roy . Dictionary of African Filmmakers . 2008 . Indiana University Press . 978-0-253-35116-6 . en.
- Book: Brière, Jean-François . Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage . 2008-01-01 . KARTHALA Editions . 978-2-8111-4250-6 . fr.
- Book: arabe (France), Institut du monde . Egypte, 100 ans de cinéma . 1995 . IMA . 978-2-906062-81-8 . fr.
- Web site: A Scrap of Bread GoldPoster Movie Poster Gallery . 2022-08-01 . GoldPoster . en-US.
- Web site: Scrap of Bread افيش سينما مصري فيلم لقمة العيش، نيازي مصطفى Egyptian Movie Arabic poster 60s . 2022-08-01 . Braichposters . en.
- Book: محمود, قاسم، . الكوميديا والغناء فى الفيلم المصري . 1999 . وزارة الثقافة، المركز القومى للسينما، . ar.
