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The Postman (1968)

The Postman poster
Original title
البوسطجي
Directed by
Hussein Kamal
Genre
drama
Country
Egypt
Runtime
1h 55m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A postman in Cairo goes about his daily rounds delivering letters. The film follows his quiet interactions with the people he meets and the small dramas he observes.

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What happens

Al-Boustaguy (Arabic: البوسطجي / "El Bûstacî", from Ottoman Turkish: Postacı, English: The Postman) is an Egyptian film released in 1968. Adapted from a novel by the Egyptian writer Yahya Haqqi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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