The Water Carrier Died (1979)

Original title

السقا مات

Directed by

Salah Abu Seif

Genre

drama film

Country

Egypt

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A water carrier in an Egyptian neighborhood dies. The film follows the lives and struggles of the people around him as they deal with his loss.

dramaticsomberearnestslow-pacedcharacter-drivenatmosphericintrospectiveclassic

What happens

The Water-Carrier Is Dead (Arabic: السقا مات, transliterated as Al-saqqa mat) is an Egyptian-Tunisian film released on November 20, 1977. The film was directed by Salah Abu Seif and produced by Youssef Chahine. Its screenplay, written by Mohsen Zayed, is based on a 1952 novel by Yusuf Sibai. The Water-Carrier Is Dead stars Ezzat El Alaili, Farid Shawqi, Shwikar, Amina Rizk, Taheyya Kariokka, and Nahid Jabr. The film won the award for the Best Egyptian film of the year in 1977. It was later listed at the Dubai film festival among the best 100 Arab films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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