Restored Egyptian Classics · 46th Edition
The People and The Nile
Director
Youssef Chahine
Country
Egypt
Runtime
1 h 45 min
Language
Arabic
Synopsis
Set during the 1964 Nile diversion project, the film interweaves the lives of Egyptian and Soviet engineers whose personal conflicts and hopes mirror the era’s political transformations.
Cast
Soad Hosny, Salah Zulfikar, Ezzat Al Alaily, Mahmoud El Meleigy, Saif Abdulrahman
Screenplay
Nikolai Figurovsky, Hassan Fouad
Producers
Konstantin Stenkin
About the Director
He was a world-renowned Egyptian director who studied in Hollywood and was known for his personal and bold style in addressing issues of identity, politics, and sexuality. He was nominated for an Oscar and received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cannes Film Festival (1997). Among his most notable works, which blended realism and epic scope, are Bab Al-Hadid, Al-Ard, and Al Nasser Salah al-Din.
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