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The Blazing Sun

1954 · 116 min

Drama · Romance

★ 6.9
Criterion

A wealthy landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter, Amal, is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village.

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  • Director Youssef Chahine
  • Screenplay Ali El Zorkani
  • Story Helmy Halim
  • Director of Photography Ahmed Khorshed

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