Blood on the Asphalt

Blood on the Asphalt
Directed by	Atef Al-Tayeb
Written by	Osama Anwar Okasha
Starring	Nour Al-Shareef Iman Al-Toukhi Hassan Hosny Hanan Shawki Tariq Lotfi
Cinematography	Hesham Serry
Edited by	Ahmed Metwally
Music by	Moody Al-Imam
Production company	Saga Film
Distributed by	Saga Film / Al-Dokki Video Film (Video Distribution)
Release date	14 December 1992 (1992-12-14) (Egypt)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

Blood on the Asphalt (دماء على الأسفلت), is a 1992 Egyptian drama film, directed by Atef Al-Tayeb, written by Osama Anwar Okasha, also produced by Saga Film, and starring Noor Al-Sharif, Iman Al-Toukhi, Hassan Hosni, Hanan Shawky, and Tariq Lotfi. The film highlights the life of an average Egyptian family, whose members fall into moral decay and loss, until Sanaa returns to try to investigate the reasons behind his family’s downfall, with the help of his cousin Siham, with whom he shares a past love story.

Plot

Sanaa holds a prestigious position in an international organisation abroad. His father, Abu Al-Hassan, works as a chief clerk at the ministry of justice, has three children: Dr. Sanaa, Alaa, and Walaa who works in a hotel, the family were shocked one day by their father being accused of stealing a file of one of the important legal cases. Dr. Sanaa returns to Egypt to stand next to his innocent father. Only to find out that his family has succumbed to disintegration. He discovered that his sister Walaa has turned into a six worker, and both she and Alaa have fallen into heroin addiction. Sanaa tries to find out the root causes that prompted the family’s downfall, with the help of his cousin and former lover Siham , Sanaa struggles to uncover the forces that tore his family apart. The film reaches a tragic conclusion when Walaa is killed in a car accident; she is struck by a car after leaving a taxi she rides with her brother. Her escape followed the exposure of her real work, triggered by a brutal confrontation with a sadistic client whose brutal assault drew the neighbours attention.

Cast

• Nour Al-Sharif as Sanaa Nour Al-Hassan
• Eman Al-Toukhi as Siham Nour Al-Hassan
• Hassan Hosni as kamel Nour Al-Hassan
• Hanan Shawki as Walaa Nour Al-Hassan
• Tariq Lotfi as Alaa Nour Al-Hassan
• Othman Abdel Moneim as the teacher Shafi’i
• Marwa Al-Khatib as the stepmother
• Mohammed Abu Dawood as Safwat
• Mahdi kamel as Tariq
• Taghreed Al-Bashbishy as Paula
• Nadia Rafiq as Tawhedah
• Ibrahim Al-Dali as Protocol Officer
• Ahmed Al-Dala as Paris Colleague
• Mofeed Ashour as the Detective
• Shaaban Hussein as the Counsellor
• Ahmed Al-Taher as the Prison Warden
• Sami Maghawwri as Saher Moanes
• Ghareeb Mahmoud as Nashed the Lawyer
• Kamal Al-Zaini as the High Profile Figure
• Shokry Mansour as Nouh