The Bullet is Still in My Pocket

The Bullet Is Still in My Pocket (Egyptian Arabic: الرصاصة لا تزال فى جيبى‎, translit. Al Rasasa La Tazal Fi Gaiby) is a film directed by Houssam El-Din Mustafa and is based on a story by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus. In his 1998 Al-Ahram article "Victory at the Box Office" Hani Mustafa lists it as one of several films dealing with the 1973 war that depict Egyptian society in crisis.[1] It follows the soldier Mohammad (Mahmoud Yassine) as he returns to his village in defeat after the 1967 war, only to be met with contempt and derision. The girl he loves has been raped by a high official (Youssef Chaban) and Mohammad decides to avenge her by killing the official; he finds an outlet for his frustration when the 1973 war breaks out. This time when he returns to his village he is not shamed by his fellow citizens and the official is exposed as a rapist. Mohammad marries the girl he loves with the bullet still in his pocket.[2]

The Bullet Is Still in My Pocket
Directed byHoussam El-Din Mustafa
Produced byHoussam El-Din Mustafa
Written byIhsan Abd al-Qudus
StarringIhsan Abd al-Qudus
Mahmoud Yassine
Nagwa Ibrahim
Hussein Fahmy
Sa'eed Saleh
Youssef Chaban
Houssam El-Din Mustafa
Music byOmar Khorshid
CinematographyIbrahim Salih
Production
company
Egypt TV
Rotana
Release date
October 6, 1974
Running time
125 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

Cast
  • Ihsan Abd al-Qudus.
  • Mahmoud Yassine.
  • Nagwa Ibrahim.
  • Hussein Fahmy.
  • Sa'eed Saleh.
  • Youssef Chaban.
  • Houssam El-Din Mustafa.

References
  1. السينما - قاعدة بيانات الأفلام العربية - ملخص فيلم الرصاصة لا تزال في جيبي تاريخ الولوج 16 مارس 2010
  2. السينما - قاعدة بيانات الأفلام العربية - فيلم الرصاصة لا تزال في جيبي تاريخ الولوج 16 مارس 2010


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