The Water-Carrier Is Dead

The Water-Carrier Is Dead was released on January 2, 1977.

The Water-Carrier Is Dead was directed by Salah Abu Seif.

The Water-Carrier Is Dead has a runtime of 1h 43m.

The Water-Carrier Is Dead was produced by Youssef Chahine.

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.

The key characters in The Water-Carrier Is Dead are Shehata Effendi (Farid Shawqy), Shusha Al-Sakka (Ezzat Al Alaily), Aziza Nofal (Shwikar).

The Water-Carrier Is Dead is a Drama film.

The Water-Carrier Is Dead has an audience rating of 7.5 out of 10.