The Water-Carrier Is Dead 1977
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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.
- Released: 1977-11-20
- Runtime: 103 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Farid Shawqi, Ezzat Al Alaily, Shwikar, Amina Rizk, Tahiya Cariocca
- Director: Salah Abu Seif, Youssef Chahine, Youssef El Sebai, Mohsen Zayed, Naguib Eskandar
