Archive of films Sixth Day / Al-yom al-sadis
Egypt / France
1986, 103 min
Section:
Tribute to Youssef Chahine
Year: 2019
A film about a young grandmother attempting to save her ailing grandson during the cholera outbreak of the late 1940s. Featuring the last screen performance of mega French pop star Dalida, The Sixth Day is one of Chahine’s most elusive, most philosophical treatises. It combines realism, melodrama, musical elements and fantasy.
Synopsis
Chahine delved into externalism in this literary adaptation (based on the novel by Andre Shadid) about a young grandmother attempting to save her ailing grandson during the cholera outbreak of the late 1940s. Featuring the last screen performance of Dalida, one of France’s biggest pop stars, The Sixth Day is one of Chahine’s most elusive, most philosophical treatises. It combines realism, melodrama, musical elements and fantasy in an unwieldy fable that ranks among Chahine’s most enigmatic, most uncategorizable works.
Joseph Fahim
Contacts
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About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Tribute to Youssef Chahine |
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Director: | Youssef Chahine |
Screenplay: | Youssef Chahine, Hassan El Gueretly podle románu / based on the novel of the same name by Andrée Chedid |
Dir. of Photography: | Mohsen Nasr |
Music: | Omar Khayrat |
Editor: | Luc Barnier |
Art Director: | Tarek Salah El Din |
Producer: | Marianne Khoury |
Production: | Misr International Films |
Coproduction: | Lyric International |
Cast: | Dalida, Mohsen Mohy El Deen, Shwekar, Hamdy Ahmed, Sanaa Younis |
Sales: | Misr International Films |