Al-Boustaguy (Arabic: البوسطجي / "El Bûstacî", from Ottoman Turkish: Postacı,Mısır Arapçası'ndaki Türkçe, Halil Uysal, İksad Yayınları, 2018 (Page: 118, No: 111) English: The Postman) is an Egyptian film released in 1968.
Adapted from a novel by the Egyptian writer Yahya Haqqi.
Synopsis A postal officer takes up a job in a small town in Egypt. The postman starts looking for a house for himself and in the meantime he meets the rich notables of the town. He settles in his house and starts his job. However, he cannot adapt to rural life. He is suffocated by unsympathetic people and monotonous life.Shafik, Viola (2007). Popular Egyptian cinema: gender, class, and nation. Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-9774160530. One day, opens the letters that a young girl wrote to each other with her lover. Thus, he begins to read their correspondence, learns their secrets.The Postman (1968), Karohät, Access date: 05 May 2022 But one day he accidentally causes a letter in the letter to change, also intervenes in the lives of young lovers. This situation initiates a process leading to an unexpected disaster.
Bibliography DFI Film Review: The Postman (1968), Reem Saleh, New Media, 16 May 2011 Al Boustagui (1968), Synopsis by Mark Deming, Access date: 13 May 2022
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External links
DFI Film Review: The Postman (1968) (Doha Film Institute, 16 May 2011) The Postman (1968): An Unmitigated Tragedy, an Unqualified Triumph, Dave Zarkin, Cinema Arabiata, 06-6-2012
See also Cinema of Egypt