The Sandwich (1977)

Explores the daily life and work of children in Abnoud, a rural village located 600 kilometres to the south of Cairo, where the trains that carry the tourists to the south of Egypt pass through without stopping. A boy outsmarts the meagerness of his circumstances by dripping goat’s milk on a piece of stale bread and turning it into a special sandwich.

• Year: 1977
• Genres: Documentary
• Countries: Egypt
• Languages: Arabic
• Runtime: 11 min