# We Are the Bus People (1979)

> Two ordinary Egyptian neighbors are swallowed by the prison system when a minor bus dispute is mistaken for a terrorist case.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/61676

## Facts

- Runtime: 135 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Hussein Kamal
- Cast: Adel Emam, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Younes Shalaby, Moshira Ismail, Aqeila Rateb, Saeed Abdel Ghani, Esaad Younes, Gamal Ismail
- TMDB rating: 8.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2256041/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: tragicomic, tense, mournful, classic cinema night, political film discussion

## Synopsis

Two ordinary men find themselves in extraordinary circumstances when a misunderstanding leads to their arrest.

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