Chitchat on the Nile (1971)
- Original title
- ثرثرة فوق النيل
- Directed by
- Hussein Kamal
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- Egypt
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of well-off friends in Cairo spend their evenings on a houseboat talking and drinking. Their carefree lives are disrupted by political change and personal troubles.
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What happens
Chitchat on the Nile (Arabic: ثرثرة فوق النيل) (Adrift on the Nile) is a 1971 film based on the 1966 novel Adrift on the Nile by Egyptian Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz. It is directed by Hussein Kamal and stars Ahmed Ramzy, Magda El-Khatib, Emad Hamdy, Adel Adham, Mervat Amin, Soheir Ramzi and Naemat Mokhtar. The film is a member in Top 100 Egyptian films list. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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