El saqqa mat : Le porteur d'eau ... est mort /

Friendship develops between two men with contradictory world-views. One, a water-bearer whose wife died twenty years earlier, spends his days remembering her and mourning her loss. The other, a mortician, spends his life in the pursuit of worldly pleasures because he believes that death will end all...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Saqa mat.
Corporate Authors: Misr International Films, Societe Anomym Tunisienne d'Expansion Cinematographique, Arab Film Distribution
Other Authors: Abū Sayf, Ṣalāḥ, ʻAlāyilī, ʻIzzat, 1934-, Rizk, Amina, Shawqi, Farid, Al-Sibai, Yusuf
Format: Video VHS
Language:Arabic
French
Language Notes:Credits in Arabic and French; dialogue in Arabic with English subtitles.
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Summary:Friendship develops between two men with contradictory world-views. One, a water-bearer whose wife died twenty years earlier, spends his days remembering her and mourning her loss. The other, a mortician, spends his life in the pursuit of worldly pleasures because he believes that death will end all enjoyment.
Item Description:A co-production of Tunisia and Egypt.
Based on a story by Yusuf Al-Sibai (Youssef el Sebaei).
Originally released in Egypt as a motion picture in 1977.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (100 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Photography, M. Sabo ; music, F. El Zaheiry ; editor, R. Abdel Salam.