The Land

Name: The Land
Director: Youssef Chahine
Released: 1970
Duration: 129 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Mahmoud El Meligy, Nagwa Ibrahim, Ezzat El Alaili, Hamdy Ahmed, Ali El Sherif

1970 · 129 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 2,621 VOTES · DIR. Youssef Chahine

Overview

Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,704 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:21 Good morning, Abu-Swelam

00:10:10 Hit him Abdel-Hadi

00:16:20 That is not her house direction 129

00:24:29 Tell that to the mayor he needs to buy a lot to fulfill his new wife he brought from the town

00:31:06 Hey girl, where have you been last night?

00:36:38 Who is the Retarded who wrote this?

00:43:19 I am not a passenger, I just want Falafel

00:51:35 No

00:59:24 Take those men and go

01:04:24 Welcome sheikh Hassouna

01:13:21 You didn't even got over the village women

01:16:20 Come on, you must eat something

01:22:05 Wasifa is for Mohamed effendi

01:27:03 Hey girl, we have enough troubles

01:30:40 And then

01:33:41 Abu-Swelam, I will stay

01:40:18 Have a seat please

01:45:01 Hey woman

01:48:07 I am thinking of leaving my job to get rid of the government dirty money

01:50:50 There he is, Mohamed effendi

01:53:46 Not now

01:57:17 You are helping them building the road

01:59:33 He has escaped

02:05:08 God help you

Cast & Characters

Mahmoud El Meligy Muhammad Abu Swelim Nagwa Ibrahim Wassifa Ezzat El Alaili Abd El-Hadi Hamdy Ahmed Mohammad Effendi Ali El Sherif Diab Yehia Chahine Hassuna Salah El-Saadany Elwani Tawfik El Deken Khedr Abdulwareth Asar The mayor Abdel Rahman El Khamesy Sheikh Youssef

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,704

Dialogue density13.2 lines / min

First line00:00:21

Final line02:05:08

Production Record

DirectorYoussef Chahine

LanguageArabic

IMDb votes2,621