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26/09/1994 Drama, History 2h 10m
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Overview

The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.

  1. Youssef Chahine

    Director, Writer

  2. Rafik El Saban

    Writer

  3. Khaled Youssef

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Khaled El Nabawy

    Ram

  2. Yousra

    Sumed

  3. Mahmoud Hemida

    Minahar

  4. Ahmad Bedir

    Tut

  5. Safia ElEmary

    Basma

  6. Hanan Turk

    Hati

  7. Michel Piccoli

    Adam - Ram's father

  8. Seif Abdelrahman

    Sailor

  9. Ahmed Salama

    Perry

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-26
It is really quite interesting to watch this story from a Egyptian film-makers' perspective. Khaled Nabawy ("Ram") is the favourite son, despised by his older brothers, who ends up working far away for the Commander of Pharoah's bodyguard. He soon ingratiates himself with him, and his visionary, open-minded attitude soon attracts favour from the Pharaoh himself... It is pretty much a straight adaptation of the story from Genesis 37 but unfortunately it has a bit of a made-for-television feel about it. Youssef Chahine still manages to keep it all going well enough, and Nabawy in the lead is at ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Arabic

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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