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The Good Earth (1954)

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Original title
الأرض الطيبة
Directed by
Mahmoud Zulfikar
Genre
drama
Country
Egypt
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A rural Egyptian community faces pressures and change as outside forces threaten their land and traditions. The story follows the people who depend on the earth for their living and their struggle to hold onto what is theirs.

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What happens

El Ard el Tayeba (aliases: The Good Land or The Good Earth, Arabic: الأرض الطيبة, translit. Al-Ard Al-Tayyiba) is a 1954 Egyptian film written, directed and produced by Mahmoud Zulfikar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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