Archive for the ‘Egyptian Cinema’ Category
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Al-Ard aka The Earth (1969)
Youssef Chahine’s adaptation of Marxist writer `Abd al-Rahman al-Sharqawi’s 1953 novel, set in the 1930s, is an epic chronicle of life in a rural Egyptian village. The main plot concerns the unsuccessful attempts of the villagers to retain their access to water. Told that they can only irrigate their land a few days a month, ...
Doaa al-Karawan (1959)
Adapted from a novella of the same title by Taha Husayn, The Nightingale’s Prayer tells the story of two poor orphaned sisters from the countryside. The first, sent to work as a servant, is seduced and raped by her master, an affluent young engineer, and subsequently killed by her uncle in an attempt to clear ...
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Asiya (1960):
Clearly influenced by Satyajit Ray's “Panther Panchali”, the director Fateh Lohani tried vainly ...
C.I.D. (1956):
This is one of Hindi cinema's few experiments with film noir. It engages with the genre fully, d...
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Pran - Noor Jehan:
Right from his first film, in which he played villain, Pran was cast opposite some of the most b...
Bollywood - I'm immature as far as love is concerned: Ranbir Kapoor:
Bollywood's chocolate boy Ranbir Kapoor, who was dating actress Deepika Padukone till last year,...
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