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The Land

الأرض

1969

In 1930s rural Egypt, peasant farmers band together to resist a powerful landowner and a government that would strip them of their water and land, their solidarity tested by hardship and betrayal. Youssef Chahine's sweeping, passionate drama of collective struggle.

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Part of 10 Essential Egyptian Films

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