The Street Player
A gifted but undisciplined Egyptian football player struggles to keep control of his work, relationships, desires, and precarious social life.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- serious
- grounded
- melancholic
- reflective evening
- arab cinema discovery
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Fares’s football ability repeatedly collides with his lack of self-discipline and difficult social life.
Football is embedded in Fares’s employment, relationships, and everyday struggles.
Fares’s sexual desires, relationship with his divorced wife, and inability to regulate his impulses drive the conflict.
The film places a working class Egyptian football player within recognizable social and economic pressures.
Films like The Street Player, and why
The Last Game
working class social realism, flawed protagonist, and football-centered drama
The Wrestler
humanist sports drama focused on economic pressure and personal discipline
Raging Bull
morally complicated working class protagonist navigating family and social instability
Movie Details
- Director
- Mohamed Khan
- Release Date
- 1983-08-06
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (26)
Cast
- Adel Emam
- Ferdoos Abdel Hamid
- Nagah El-Mogui
- Abdallah Farghaly
- Zizi Mostafa
- Abdullah Mahmoud
- Hamdy El Wazeer
- Sabry Abdel Monem
- Ibrahim Qadry
- Farouq Youssef
Common questions
- What is The Street Player about?
- A gifted but undisciplined Egyptian football player struggles to keep control of his work, relationships, desires, and precarious social life.
- What is The Street Player like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Street Player as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Street Player violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Street Player.
- Which films are like The Street Player?
- Films with a similar feel include The Last Game, The Wrestler, and Raging Bull.
- How long is The Street Player?
- The Street Player runs 109 minutes.
