The Nile and the Life

Drama, History · 1968

Renegotiating the representational paradigm of nationhood the film draws a heterogeneous picture of Egyptian society as well as Soviet workers as they embarked on the momentous dam enterprise. The films presents a vision of a nation deep rooted in unity as well as diversity. The films projection of a renewed imagining of the nation inadvertently acknowledges a new and nuanced understanding of its goals, political objectives, and how these impact the personal within it. (KHOURI)

Starring

Salah Zulfiqar, Youssef Chahine, Igor Vladimirov, Youssef Chahine, Emad Hamdy, Nikolai Figurovsky, Seif Abdelrahman, Abd El-Rahman El-Sharkawi, Yuri Kamornyj

Director

Youssef Chahine