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The Emigrant

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In this retelling of Joseph's life with an Egyptian twist, the descendant of Abraham is known as Ram, a man leading a nomadic life and dreaming of studying in Egypt. Ram (Khaled El Nabaoui) and his brothers travel across the Sinai Desert, after which his brothers decide to sell him to a man who takes him to Thebes, Egypt. There, he meets military leader Amihar (Mahmoud Hemida) and his wife (Youssra), who lusts after Ram. He must deal with her advances and with Amihar's plans to obtain power.

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02/19/2010 it was good but inspired from prophet Joseph's story See more 01/05/2008 cOOOOOOOOOl movie ... one of shahin's deepest movies .... See more 09/01/2007 i didn't get the point of remaking the prophet josef story in other characters otherwise the image , costumes was really great for an Egyptian movie . See more 09/01/2007 great soundtrack by Mohamed Nouh and wonderful image by Ramsees Marzouq. I like this film. See more 07/22/2007 Classical Egyptian film and one of Youssef Chahine 's best. Despite all the controversy I thought the film was brilliant. See more 07/08/2007 The nice thing about this movie is the ancient Egyptians talk in the current arabic Egypptian dialect.. not in classic arabic like all other historical movies in Egypt.. that brings ancient Egyptian characters to life. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Youssef Chahine

Director

Khaled Al Nabawy

Ram

Youssra

Simihit

Safia el-Emari

Basma

Hanan al-Torki

Actor

Ahmad Bedair

Tut
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Synopsis In this retelling of Joseph's life with an Egyptian twist, the descendant of Abraham is known as Ram, a man leading a nomadic life and dreaming of studying in Egypt. Ram (Khaled El Nabaoui) and his brothers travel across the Sinai Desert, after which his brothers decide to sell him to a man who takes him to Thebes, Egypt. There, he meets military leader Amihar (Mahmoud Hemida) and his wife (Youssra), who lusts after Ram. He must deal with her advances and with Amihar's plans to obtain power.
Director
Youssef Chahine
Producer
Humbert Balsan, Gabriel Khoury
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 19, 2020
Runtime
2h 8m