The Emigrant
- Released on
- Runtime
- 96 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Khaled El Nabawy
- Yousra
- Mahmoud Hemida
- Ahmad Bedir
- Safia ElEmary
- Hanan Turk
- Michel Piccoli
- Seif Abdelrahman
- Ahmed Salama
- Ahmed Fouad Selim
- Amr Abdel Gelil
- Hassan Abdel Hamid
- Safaa Al Toukhy
- Hassan El-Adl
- Fayeq Azab
- Maher Selim
- Youssef Ismail
- Menha Batraoui
- Sid Ali Kouiret
- Nasser Shaheen
- Ahmed Mokhtar
- Kamal Mansour
- Abbas Saber
- Youssef Ismail
- Mai Essam
- Sayed Abdel Karim
Director
- Youssef Chahine
Producers
- Gaby Khoury
- Youssef Chahine
