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The Land (1970)
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.
Genres:
Drama
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer,
imdb.plant,
imdb.class-struggle,
imdb.working-class,
imdb.peasant,
imdb.sheik,
imdb.social-conflict + 46 more,
imdb.social-differences,
imdb.social-injustice,
imdb.labor-violence,
imdb.violence-against-a-woman,
imdb.miscarriage-of-justice,
imdb.shopkeeper,
imdb.grocer,
imdb.cotton-picking,
imdb.cotton,
imdb.cotton-field,
imdb.drought,
imdb.torture,
imdb.arrest,
imdb.civil-disobedience,
imdb.disobedience,
imdb.petition,
imdb.despotic-rule,
imdb.town-council,
imdb.male-female-relationship,
imdb.schoolteacher,
imdb.scarcity,
imdb.water-resources,
imdb.water-management,
imdb.water-rationing,
imdb.water-supply,
imdb.water-fight,
imdb.water-shortage,
imdb.water-rights,
imdb.water,
imdb.irrigation-ditch,
imdb.irrigation-system,
imdb.irrigation,
imdb.british-colonial,
imdb.corrupt-mayor,
imdb.mayor,
imdb.land-owner,
imdb.peasantry,
imdb.peasant-uprising,
imdb.peasant-oppression,
imdb.nile-river-delta,
imdb.nile-river,
imdb.1930s,
imdb.egypt,
imdb.cairo-egypt,
tmdb.mlwn,
imdb.based-on-novel
Watch Providers: Criterion Channel
Production companies: المؤسسة المصرية العامة للسينما والتلفزيون (والمسرح والموسيقى)
Runtime: 129 min.
Released: Jan. 26, 1970
Digital Release: June 18, 2020
Status: Released
Certification: NR
