Release Date: 1968-01-01
Rating:5.5 / 10(1 votes)
Status: Released
Genres: Drama, History
Runtime: 105 min
Director: Youssef Chahine
Writer: Nikolai Figurovsky
Renegotiating the representational paradigm of nationhood the film draws a heterogeneous picture of Egyptian society as well as Soviet workers as they embarked on the momentous dam enterprise. The films presents a vision of a nation deep rooted in unity as well as diversity. The films projection of a renewed imagining of the nation inadvertently acknowledges a new and nuanced understanding of its goals, political objectives, and how these impact the personal within it. (KHOURI)
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