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The Emigrant

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.

Release Date : 1994-09-26

Language :Arabic

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company :

Production Country : EgyptFrance

Alternative Titles : The Emigrant

Cast

Character Name : Ram

Original Name : Khaled El Nabawy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sumed

Original Name : يسرا

Gender : Female

Character Name : Minahar

Original Name : Mahmoud Hemida

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tut

Original Name : أحمد بدير

Gender : Male

Character Name : Basma

Original Name : Safia ElEmary

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hati

Original Name : Hanan Turk

Gender : Female

Character Name : Adam - Ram's father

Original Name : Michel Piccoli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sailor

Original Name : سيف عبد الرحمن

Gender : Male

Character Name : Perry

Original Name : Ahmed Salama

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jader

Original Name : Ahmed Fouad Selim

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Amr Abdel Gelil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amon

Original Name : Hassan Abdel Hamid

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Safaa Al Toukhy

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : حسن العدل

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adam's voice

Original Name : Fayeq Azab

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Maher Selim

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Youssef Ismail

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Menha Batraoui

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Sid Ali Kouiret

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Nasser Shaheen

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ahmed Mokhtar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Akhenaten's voice

Original Name : Kamal Mansour

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Abbas Saber

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Youssef Ismail

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Mai Essam

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Sayed Abdel Karim

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-08-26

It is really quite interesting to watch this story from a Egyptian film-makers' perspective. Khaled Nabawy ("Ram") is the favourite son, despised by his older brothers, who ends up working far away for the Commander of Pharoah's bodyguard. He soon ingratiates himself with him, and his visionary, open-minded attitude soon attracts favour from the Pharaoh himself... It is pretty much a straight adaptation of the story from Genesis 37 but unfortunately it has a bit of a made-for-television feel about it. Youssef Chahine still manages to keep it all going well enough, and Nabawy in the lead is at times quite engaging, but at other times he comes across a bit amateur, and the whole thing lacks much of the intensity of the director's earlier, more gripping, black and white creations; the action scenes - for example - are quite clunkily choreographed and the fight scenes lack any, well, punch!