War in the Land of Egypt

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War in the Land of Egypt
Directed bySalah Abu Seif
Screenplay byMohsen Zayed
Story byYusuf al-Qa'id
StarringOmar Sharif
CinematographyTarek El-Telmissany
Music byYasser Abdel Rahman
Release date
  • July 1991 (1991-07)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

War in the Land of Egypt or The Egyptian Citizen (

drama film directed by Salah Abu Seif, and starring Omar Sharif. It is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Yusuf al-Qa'id. The film was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.[1]

Synopsis

A mayor (Omar Sharif) has many children, and when his youngest son is drafted to serve in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, the family patriarch trades two acres of land to a simple farmer (Ezzat El Alaili) in exchange for the latter’s son to serve in the privileged scion’s place. The situation is complicated when the mayor wins a case against the Land Registry, resulting in an order evicting the farmer from their land in favor of the mayor’s ownership. The farmer forges the title to new land after paying a bribe, but his son ultimately dies in combat, leading to deep regrets over how the money was earned. The duplicity is contrasted with the general solidarity between citizens and soldiers in the war.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "17th Moscow International Film Festival (1991)". MIFF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

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