War in the Land of Egypt
{{short description|1991 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = War in the Land of Egypt
| image =
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| director = Salah Abu Seif
| story = Yusuf al-Qa'id
| producer =
| writer =
| screenplay = Mohsen Zayed
| starring = Omar Sharif
| music = Yasser Abdel Rahman
| cinematography = Tarek El-Telmissany
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1991|7}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = Egypt
| language = Egyptian Arabic
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War in the Land of Egypt or The Egyptian Citizen ({{langx|ar|المواطن مصري}}, translit.Al-Moaten Masry) is a 1991 Egyptian 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1991 |title=17th Moscow International Film Festival (1991) |accessdate=2 March 2013 |work=MIFF}}
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
- Omar Sharif
- Ezzat El Alaili
- Safia El Emari
- Abdullah Mahmoud
- Khaled El Nabawy
- Ashraf Abdel Baqi
- Hassan Hosny
- Enaam Salousa
- Almontaser Bellah
- Hanan Shawky
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0102459|War in the Land of Egypt}}
- [https://elcinema.com/en/work/1010127 El Cinema page]
- [https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/10281/ Kinopoisk page]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.elfilm.com/title/102084/ El Film page (archived)]
- [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/511668/al-moaten-al-myssri Turner Classic Movies page]
- [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v210970 All Movie page]
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Category:1990s Arabic-language films
Category:Films directed by Salah Abu Seif
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