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Tali' al-Nakhl (1988)
Directed by Mohamed Fadel
“look at the palm tree”
Drama · 1h 54m
Muhammad is a simple peasant young man who lives in a village. He works as a palm tree picker. He does his work with ease and loves his beautiful neighbour. However, he suddenly falls prey to severe pain and goes alone. He discovers that he is infected with schistosomiasis. He is forced to travel to Cairo, and is detained at the Bilharz Institute as a severe case. There he meets the doctor (Amal), who tells him that if he wants to recover, he must undergo surgery that may cost him his life. The matter gets worse when a wealthy person returns from abroad and wants to marry his fiancée, so he is forced to undergo the operation.
Cast
Salah El-Saadany
Ferdoos Abdel Hamid
Yasser Ali Maher
Mohammad Tawfiq
Mohamed Metwally
Ahmad Rateb
Crew
- Director
- Mohamed Fadel
- Writer
- Essam Al Shammaa
- Editor
- Kamal Abul Ela
Details
- Original title
- طالع النخل
- Release date
- 1988-01-12
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- Egypt
- Production
- Financial and Economic Affairs Sector - R.T.U - A.R.E, أفلام التليفزيون
- Budget
- $2
- Box office
- $2