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The Emigrant (1994)
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Overview
The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family’s backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram’s drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
Khaled El Nabawy | Yousra | محمود حميدة | Ahmad Bedir | Safia El Emary | Hanan Tork | Michel Piccoli | Seif El Dine | أحمد سلامة | Ahmed Fouad Selim | Amr Abdel-Geleel | Hassan Abdel Hamid | صفاء الطوخي | Hassan El Adl | Fayeq Azab | Maher Selim | Youssef Ismail | Menha El Batrawy | Sid Ali Kouiret | Nasser Shaheen | Ahmed Mokhtar | Kamal Mansour | Abbas Saber | Youssef Ismail | Mai essam | Sayed Abdel Karim