Archive of films Blazing Sun / Siraa fil wadi
Egypt
1954, 116 min
Section:
Tribute to Youssef Chahine
Year: 2019
A melodrama about a young agricultural engineer who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy landowner. Chahine’s first socially-conscious work, one that openly discussed the growing rift between the decaying aristocracy and the rising working class. It also features the screen debut of Egyptian film icon Omar Sharif.
Synopsis
A melodrama about a young agricultural engineer who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy landowner, Chahine’s sixth film in four years would become his second film to be selected for the Cannes competition. Released two years after the Egyptian revolution, traces of neo-realism are detected in Chahine’s first socially-conscious work, one that openly discussed the growing rift between the decaying aristocracy and the rising working class. It also features the screen debut of Egyptian film icon Omar Sharif.
Joseph Fahim
Contacts
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About the film
Black & white, DCP
Section: | Tribute to Youssef Chahine |
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Director: | Youssef Chahine |
Screenplay: | Aly El Zorkany, Helmy Halim |
Dir. of Photography: | Ahmed Khorsheid |
Music: | Fouad El Zahery |
Editor: | Kamal Abou Al Ela |
Art Director: | Maher Abdel Nour |
Producer: | Gabriel Telhamy |
Production: | Gabriel Telhamy |
Cast: | Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif, Farid Chawky, Abdel Waress Asr, Hamdy Ghiess |
Sales: | Misr International Films |