Those People of the Nile

Those People of the Nile [1][2] (Egyptian Arabic: الناس والنيل, French: Ces gens du Nil, translit: Elnas w Elnil or El Nas w el Nil , aliases: People of the Nile) is a 1972 drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It stars Soad Hosny and Salah Zulfikar.[3][4][5] The film is co-produced by companies in Egypt and Russia .[6][7][8][9]

Those People of the Nile
Egyptian Arabicالناس والنيل
Directed byYoussef Chahine
Written byNikolai Ekk
Screenplay byHassan Fouad
Starring
Cinematography
  • Shlenkov
  • Peter Chefko
Edited byRachida Abdel Salam
Music byAram Khachaturian
Production
company
Cairo Cinema • Mosfilm
Distributed byGeneral Egyptian Corporation for Cinema Production
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguagesEgyptian Arabic
Russian

Plot

Set during the diversion of the Nile current in 1964 during the building of the High Dam. The foreground of the film shows Yehia as a worker in the high dam project. Later, we will understand that Yehia is not a real worker but a committed writer, tired by years of activism. Because of this past and this fatigue, the young girl from a good family with whom he falls in love, and who loves him, finally leaves him. Because she doesn't want a worn-out man. But Yehia is focused on covering the secrets of the huge project. And the rest of personalities begin to remember the past, through the story of Amin, the doctor who joins the dam to serve its staff, his wife Nadia who refuses to move to Aswan with him, and the Russian engineer, Alex, whose wife cannot tolerate life in Egypt.[10][11][12][13][14]

Cast

Production

The film was joint Egyptian-Soviet production as a sign of friendship between the two states at the time.

Youssef Chahine has diverted diplomatic material into poetic and lyrical material. And throughout the film, this important question: where does this energy come from? "We will change the course of history as we have changed the course of the world's greatest river." That kind of feeling always makes a movie. And it is visible that Chahine believed in his country's capabilities to build this huge project, the High Dam..[15]

See also

References
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  2. Al-nass wal Nil (1972) - IMDb, 17 January 1972, retrieved 2021-08-09
  3. قاسم, محمود (2019). جميلات السينما المصرية (in Arabic). وكالة الصحافة العربية.
  4. انطوانيت, عازار، (2001). سعاد حسنى: ساندريلا العرب (in Arabic). ا. عازار،.
  5. أشرف, غريب، (2017). العندليب والسندريللا: الحقيقة الغائبة (in Arabic). دار الشروق. ISBN 978-977-09-3420-3.
  6. Movie - Alnaas walnayl - 1972 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes, retrieved 2021-08-09
  7. NotesonFilm1 (2020-07-13). "The Youssef Chahine PodcastNo. 9, A return to a later version of Un jour, le nil: People of the Nile (1972)". First Impressions. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  8. Khouri, Malek (2010). The Arab National Project in Youssef Chahine's Cinema. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-416-354-8.
  9. "Youssef Chahine - Cinémathèque française". cinema.encyclopedie.personnalites.bifi.fr. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  10. Those People of the Nile (1972), retrieved 2021-08-09
  11. "Inspired by the River: A Diverse Selection of Films Featuring the Nile | Egyptian Streets". 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  12. AlloCine, Un Jour, le Nil (in French), retrieved 2021-08-16
  13. NotesonFilm1 (2020-07-13). "The Youssef Chahine PodcastNo. 9, A return to a later version of Un jour, le nil: People of the Nile (1972)". First Impressions. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  14. Those People of the Nile (1972), retrieved 2021-08-28
  15. Mikhail, Alan (2013-01-10). Water on Sand: Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-976866-0.


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