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The Eloquent peasant ( Egypt 1969 )

Color: Fiction, color, 20’

Direction: Chadi Abdel Salam

Screenplay: Chadi Abdel Salam

Director of Photography: Mostafa Eman

Editing: Kamal Abou El Ella

Cast: Ahmed Enan - Le Grand Stewart, Ahmed Hegazi - Thutenakht Ahmed Marei - Le Paysan

Synopsis

Based on one of the major literary texts survived from the Middle Kingdom, the classical period of Egyptian literature, the film is a combination of a morality/folk tale and a poem. The events are set between 2160 and 2025 BC. When the peasant Khun-anup and his donkey stumble upon the lands of the noble Rensi, the peasant’s goods are confiscated and he is unjustly accused of theft...

Réalisateur

Chadi Abdel Salam (1930-1986) Born in Alexandria, he began his career as assistant director and then designed the costumes and sets for several Egyptian and international historical films. From 1963 to 1969, he was Professor at the higher Institute of cinematography, in the Department of the scenery, costumes and staging. In 1968/1969, he directed feature film "The Mummy", for which he won several awards. In 1970, he held the post of the Director of the centre of experimental films in the Ministry of culture. He wrote the scenario of the dramatic feature film "Akhnaton" that it was not made.