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One Day, the Nile

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'One day, the Nile' also known as 'Those People of the Nile' (Egyptian Arabic: French: 'Ces gens du Nil' translit: 'Al Nass Wal Nil or Al Nas wal Nil' aliases: 'People of the Nile') is a 1972 drama film co-produced by companies in Egypt and Russia. It is directed by Youssef Chahine, and stars Salah Zulfikar and Soad Hosny.

Plot



Set during the diversion of the Nile current in 1964 during the building of the Aswan Dam. The foreground of the film shows 'Yehia' as a worker in the high dam project. Later, we will understand that 'Yehia' is not a real worker but a committed writer, tired by years of activism. Because of this past and this fatigue, the young girl from a good family with whom he falls in love, and who loves him, finally leaves him. Because she doesn't want a worn-out man. But 'Yehia' is focused on covering the secrets of the huge project. And the rest of personalities begin to remember the past, through the story of an honest doctor who joins the dam to serve its staff, 'Nadia' who refuses to move to Aswan with her husband 'Amin' and Russian engineer 'Alex' whose wife cannot tolerate life in Egypt.

Cast



* Salah Zulfikar as Yehia

* Soad Hosny as Nadia

* Ezzat El Alaili as Amin

* Mahmoud El-Meliguy

* Igor Vladimirov

* Vladimir Ivashov

* Madiha Salem

* Tawfik El Deken

*Saif Abdel Rahman

* Fatma Emara

* Valentina

Production



The film was joint Egyptian-Soviet production as a sign of friendship between the two states at the time.

Youssef Chahine has diverted diplomatic material into poetic and lyrical material. And throughout the film, this important question: where does this energy come from? "We will change the course of history as we have changed the course of the world's greatest river." That kind of feeling always makes a movie. And it is visible that Chahine believed in his country's capabilities to build this huge project, the High Dam..

See also



* Salah Zulfikar filmography

* Soad Hosny filmography

* Youssef Chahine filmography

* List of Egyptian films of 1972

* List of Egyptian films of the 1970s

References




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