Adrift on the Nile

Catalogue Code

FILM000006

Synopsis

In "Adrift on the Nile" we meet a group of hedonistic middle-aged friends who
gather each night on a luxurious houseboat for dancing, love-making and smoking hashish. When a young news reporter visits the houseboat to write a
story on the group, she is outraged to learn the tragic depths of their social alienation.
Based on the novel by the Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz, this 1971 production
offers a revealing look at the Egyptian elite on the eve of the 1967 War. By
this time, Nasser had ushered in an age of enormous social change, leaving the sons and daughters of the old bourgeoisie high and dry.

Year of Release

1971

Running Time

115 mins

Distributor

Arab Film Distribution

EIDR

Genre

Comedy / Drama

Language

Arabic

Country of Origin

Egypt

Permalink

http://arabcinemadb.alc.manchester.ac.uk/Public/Film/Show/FILM000006

Notes

People with a connection to this film

Emad Hamdy (Actor)Ahmed Ramzy (Actor)Adel Adham (Actor)Mervat Amin (Actor)Hussein Kamal (Director)Jamal Al-Lethi Films (Producer)

Publications related to this film

Jerrison (2002) eScholar Terri Ginsberg and Chris Lippard (2010)

Copies in the collection

DVD ARA/FIL/0152 Black and White English subtitles.

Record from the Contemporary Arab Cinema Database

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