The Sparrow

Egypt | 1972 | 1h45 | Fiction Egypt, June 1967. The film takes place on the eve of the Six Day War, and follows the pilgrimage of a young officer, Raouf, whose adoptive father is an important leader in the forces of law. Raouf follows some traffickers who take him to senior sponsors. Corruption is widespread throughout the country, while in the Sinai, other men await the outbreak of hostilities… A film by Youssef Chahine