Dark Waters (1956)
(Siraa Fil-Mina)
Country: EGY
Technical: bw 120m
Director: Youssef Chahine
Cast: Omar Sharif, Faten Hamamah, Ahmed Ramzy, Tawfik El Deken, Ferdoos Mohammed
Synopsis:
A low-born merchant seaman returns home to Alexandria after a three-year absence, to be greeted with joy by his former co-workers, his mother, his far wealthier childhood friend, and the cousin he grew up with who has grown into a woman. However, his jealousy and lack of guile are exploited by a business opportunist seeking to overturn the status quo in the port for his own ends.
Review:
As in other Chahine stories (The Blazing Sun), ambition, conspiracy and treachery loom large, but the performances and action tend towards the melodramatic and there is not the same mastery of location.
(Siraa Fil-Mina)
Country: EGY
Technical: bw 120m
Director: Youssef Chahine
Cast: Omar Sharif, Faten Hamamah, Ahmed Ramzy, Tawfik El Deken, Ferdoos Mohammed
Synopsis:
A low-born merchant seaman returns home to Alexandria after a three-year absence, to be greeted with joy by his former co-workers, his mother, his far wealthier childhood friend, and the cousin he grew up with who has grown into a woman. However, his jealousy and lack of guile are exploited by a business opportunist seeking to overturn the status quo in the port for his own ends.
Review:
As in other Chahine stories (The Blazing Sun), ambition, conspiracy and treachery loom large, but the performances and action tend towards the melodramatic and there is not the same mastery of location.
(Siraa Fil-Mina)
Country: EGY
Technical: bw 120m
Director: Youssef Chahine
Cast: Omar Sharif, Faten Hamamah, Ahmed Ramzy, Tawfik El Deken, Ferdoos Mohammed
Synopsis:
A low-born merchant seaman returns home to Alexandria after a three-year absence, to be greeted with joy by his former co-workers, his mother, his far wealthier childhood friend, and the cousin he grew up with who has grown into a woman. However, his jealousy and lack of guile are exploited by a business opportunist seeking to overturn the status quo in the port for his own ends.
Review:
As in other Chahine stories (The Blazing Sun), ambition, conspiracy and treachery loom large, but the performances and action tend towards the melodramatic and there is not the same mastery of location.