EL-FALLÂH EL-FASÎH
Sog.: Shadi Abdel Salam; Scen.: Shadi Abdel Salam; F.: Mostafa Emam; Mo.: Kamal Abou El Ella; Int.: Ahmed Marei (the farmer), Ahmed Enan, Ahmed Hegazi (Thutenakht); Prod.: Shadi Abdel Salam;
Film Notes
Based on one of the major literary texts survived from the Middle Kingdom, the classical period of Egyptian literature, The Eloquent Peasant is a combination of a morality/folk tale and a poem. The events are set between 2160 and 2025 BC. When the peasant Khun-anup and his donkey stumble upon the lands of the noble Rensi, the peasant’s goods are confiscated and he’s unjustly accused of theft. The peasant petitions Rensi who is so taken by the peasant’s eloquence that he report his astonishing discovery to the king. The king realises the peasant has been wronged but delays judgement so as to he can hear more of his eloquence. The peasant makes a total of nine petitions until finally, his goods are returned.
Restored in 2010 by World Cinema Foundation and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, using the original 35mm camera and sound negatives preserved at the Egyptian Film Center in Giza.
The digital restoration produced a new 35 mm internegative. Special thanks to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina-