The Blazing Sun(صراع في الوادي)
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Egypt · 1954
1h 40m
Director Youssef Chahine
Starring Faten Hamamah, Omar Sharif, Zaki Rostom, Farid Shawqi
Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
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A wealthy landlord purposely floods and destroys a village to prevent the villagers from making a profit off of their own crops. However, unbeknownst to the landlord, his beloved daughter has fallen in love with a dashing young agricultural engineer from the village.
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