The Emigrant
Synopsis
Three thousand years ago, Pharaonic Egypt was the center of civilization. Ram, young member of a poor tribe, decides to escape the arid land and make his way to Egypt to quench his thirst for knowledge. But the hardships he faces there are all the more daunting.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Ognon Pictures
- Foreign production company : Misr International Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pyramide International
- French distribution : Pyramide Distribution
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Humbert Balsan
- Screenwriter : Youssef Chahine
- Director of Photography : Ramses Marzouk
- Music Composer : Mohamed Nouh
- Editor : Rashida Abdel Salam
- Sound recordists : Rafat Samir, Gomea Abdel Latif, Gasser Khorched
- Costume designer : Nahed Nasrallah
- Production Manager : Hicham Soliman
- Press Attaché (film) : Dominique Segall
- Sound Editor : Olivier Ducastel
- Sound Mixer : Dominique Hennequin
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : Egypt, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (Egypt, France)
- Production year : 1994
- French release : 08/03/1995
- Runtime : 2 h 8 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 79.578
- Visa issue date : 06/03/1995
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
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News & awards
Selections (1)
Berlin - Youth Film Forum
Germany, 1995
Feature Film Forum
About
"Despite being a pawn in the political and religious field, often to his cost, Youssef Chahine is first and foremost a man. True, he is also an actor in the modern world, one of the beacons of third world cinema, who never abandons the struggles he undertakes : permanent conflict with the Egyptian censor, statements in favour of Israeli-Arab negotiations, daily resistance to the pressure of the Muslim fundamentalists in his country. Moreover, the weapon he uses in his fight is one of the most delicate to handle in Islamic lands, cinema. And yet for almost half a century and in 35 films, Youssef Chahine has persisted... His particular relationship with the cinema can be understood through frequenting his films... At every stage of the film's production, it's the same intractable nature at work, a peaceful and humorous way of working with a crew, a generous confidence in the ideas of each member, an unwavering conviction in everything that he considers non-negotiable..." (Olivier Séguret - Libération)
