Tuk-Tuk
DIRECTOR: Romany Saad
WRITERS: Romany Saad
STARRING: Abdallah, Sharon, Bika
GENRE: Documentary
COUNTRY: Egypt
LANGUAGE: Arabic
SYNOPSIS:
Every day, thousands of three-wheeled motorized rickshaws (called “tuk-tuks”) zip through Cairo, many of them driven by industrious teenage boys like Abdallah, Sharon and Bika. These three friends are too young to obtain a driver’s license, but with no other way to feed their families they are forced to navigate the wild urban landscape of Cairo as tuk-tuk drivers. Besieged by police, thieves and other taxis on the dangerous but comedy-filled streets, these three boys struggle to hold onto a small piece of their childhood before it is gone forever.
