Hunger, The [al-gu'] (1986) - (Soad Hosny) undated rerelease Egyptian film poster F, NM $35 *

Size: 27" x 39"

Price: $35

Condition: Folded Near Mint

In the year 1886 Farag Al-Gebali worked as a wagon driver to support his mother. He was married to Zeinab. His brother Jaber worked as a blacksmith and married the poor girl Zubeida after the death of the ruffian who had raped her during a brawl among the neighborhood gangs. The people of the neighborhood appointed Farag as their chief ruffian but he snubbed them after his marriage to a wealthy woman, moving into her palace and running her agency. The nile subsided, the rains did not come, famine began, the people became poor and the merchants played their games because they feared their stocks would be raided when the people became hungrier and prices went up. Farag exploited the famine in Cairo by hoarding grain. He broke all his old promises and made a pact with the rich that the tough guy had to side with the nobility. Zubaida led the racketeers against Farag who was killed, and appointed her husband Jaber as the new tough guy, but Jaber refused and advised them to rely on themselves. The revolution became collective with the help of Zubaida.

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