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The Water-Carrier Is Dead

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Original title

Al-saqqa mat

Year

1977

Running time

100 min.

Country

Egypt

Director

Salah Abouseif

Screenwriter

Youssef El Sebai, Mohsen Zayed

Cast

Music

Fuad al-Dahiri

Cinematography

Rashida Abdel Salam

Genre

Drama | Friendship

Synopsis

The story of the friendship that develops between two men with quite different world views. One, a water carrier whose wife has died twenty years before, spends his days thinking about her. The other, who works in the funeral business, spends his life in the pursuit of pleasure because he recognizes that death will bring an end to all enjoyment. They meet and become friends. Through this friendship the water carrier is encouraged to change his morbid way of thinking and to enjoy life.

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The Water-Carrier Is Dead

1977

Salah Abouseif