The Water-Carrier Is Dead
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The story of the friendship that develops between two men with quite different world views. One, a water carrier whose wife has died twenty years before, spends his days thinking about her. The other, who works in the funeral business, spends his life in the pursuit of pleasure because he recognizes that death will bring an end to all enjoyment. They meet and become friends. Through this friendship the water carrier is encouraged to change his morbid way of thinking and to enjoy life.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1977-11-20
Runtime: 103 mins
Director: Salah Abu Seif
Writer: Youssef El Sebai, Naguib Eskandar, Mohsen Zayed
Spoken language: العربية
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Water-Carrier Is Dead
Production Companies: أفلام مصر العالمية (يوسف شاهين وشركاه)
Production Countries: Egypt
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