The Lorry Driver-Poshko Vochinich-1967

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The Lorry Driver

Directed by: Poshko Vochinich

Script: Poshko Vochinich - nalat kasab hasn

Camera: George L. Al-Khouri

Music: Sulhi Al-Wadi

Duration: 94 m/ black & white

Year: 1967

Cast: Sabri Ayyad, Hala Shawakat, Abdullatif Fathi, Khaled Taja,

Synopsis:

Using a poetic language, the film is about a young man who deserts his life in the countryside to work as a lorry driver assistant . He becomes a driver himself. He is torn between his love to a girl from his own village and his gratitude to his employer who wants him to marry his daughter. We also see the struggle between the drivers and the employer who demand wages increase.
The main character lives through hard trials and he learns from them how bitter is the individual battle .