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Al-mummia

Chadi Abdes Salam
Egypt
Synopsis

With the death of the chief of the hourabat tribe, the council of elders reveals to his two heirs, the orgins of the wealth of the tribe: the sarcophagus of the Pharaons which, together with their treasures, remained hidden for centuries and at all times guarded by members of the tribe, which on occasion, "collect" part of this treasure to ensure the group's survival. One of the brothers rebels because of what he considers a scareligious pillage and is murdered. The other, Wannis, is less impulsive, more hesitant, meditative; he ends up turning in the mummies to an archeologist wisiting the city. Thus an entire world including its ancient history, collapses. 

The Mummy is based on a true evet which took place in Egypt in 1881, while it belonged to the Ottoman Empire and just before Egypt came under British control. It was confirmed by the French Egyptologist, Gaston Maspero, thirty years ago. 

Director
Chadi Abdes Salam (Egypt)
Production
Organismo oficial del Cine (El Cairo) (Egypt)
Running Time
102 m.
Country
Egypt
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