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The Color of Pomegranates
Why this pick
Its ceremonial compositions, sparse dialogue and icon-like imagery create a similarly hypnotic encounter with history, identity and inherited cultural memory.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1969 1h 42m EGY
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Set in 1881, a year before the start of History of modern Egypt#British administration, it is based on the true story of the Abd el-Rasuls, an Sa'idi people clan that had been robbing a Treasure trove of mummies they have discovered at tomb DB320 near the village of Kurna, and selling the artefacts on the illicit antiquities. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members goes to the police, helping the Antiquities Service find the cache.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ahmed Khalil
First cousin