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'''Tharthara Fawq Al Neel''' ([[Arabic]]: ثرثرة فوق النيل) (Chitchat on the Nile) is a novel by [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] [[List of Nobel laureates|Nobel Laureate]] [[Naguib Mahfouz]] that was made into a popular [[film]].▼
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{{Infobox film
| name = Chitchat on the Nile<br>(Adrift on the Nile)
| image = Adrift on the Nile.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Hussein Kamal]]
| producer =
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Emad Hamdy]]<br/>[[Ahmed Ramzy]]<br/>[[Magda El-Khatib]] <br/>[[Adel Adham]]<br/>[[Mervat Amin]]<br/>[[Suhair Ramzi]]<br/>[[Neamat Mokhtar]]
| music = Ali Ismail
| cinematography = Mostapha Emam
| editing = Rashida Abdel Salam
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1971}}
| runtime =
| country = [[Egypt]]
| language = Arabic
| budget =
}}
▲'''Tharthara''Chitchat Fawqon Althe NeelNile''''' ([[Arabic]]: {{lang-ar|ثرثرة فوق النيل}}) (Chitchat''Adrift on the Nile'') is a 1971 film based on the 1966 novel ''[[Adrift on the Nile]]'' by [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] [[List of Nobel laureates|Nobel Laureate]] [[Naguib Mahfouz]]. thatThe wasfilm made intois a popularmember [[film]]in Top 100 Egyptian films list.
 
== Plot ==
{{cquote|''Al-[[hashish]] is forbidden while [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] isn't? Why? Both are bad for the health? Both are intoxicating?'' A famous phrase from the movie}}▼
 
ThisThe isfilm considered the most famous Egyptian movie of all time. It mainly talks aboutaddresses the decadence of [[Egypt]]ian [[society]] during the [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] era.▼
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▲''Al-[[hashish]] is forbidden while [[alcohol]] isn't? Why? Both are bad for the health? Both are intoxicating?'' A famous phrase from the movie
 
▲This is considered the most famous Egyptian movie of all time. It mainly talks about the decadence of [[Egypt]]ian [[society]] during the [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] era.
 
It tells the story of a simple [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] worker (played by Imad Hamdy) who can't tolerate the hypocrisy of the [[Politics of Egypt|Egyptian]] government and the illiteracy of the [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] public and decides to hide from all the problems in the country by simply taking [[Shisha]], a popular smoking habit in [[Egypt]], to escape from reality.▼
 
Imad Hamdy (who used to work as a teacher) meets with an old student (actor Ahmed Ramzi) by chance. Ramzi invites him to the small boat in the [[Nile]]. And Imad discovers soon enough that he isn't the only person who smokes Shisha but a bunch of other [[Elite]] , [[middle class]] and [[low class]] people are all on the boat. ▼
 
He soon discovers that everyone is smoking to forget the reality and hypocrisy of Egyptian life.
 
▲It tells the story of a simple [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] workercivil servant, Anis (played by Imad[[Emad HamdyHamdi]]), who can'tcannot tolerate the hypocrisy of the [[Politics of Egypt|Egyptian government]] government(for whom he works at the Ministry of Health) and the illiteracy of the [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] public and decides to hide from all the problems in the country by simply taking up smoking [[Shishahashish]], in a [[hookah|shisha]], a popular smoking habit in [[Egypt]], to escape from reality.
At the end of the movie, Imad Hamdy decideds to stop smoking Shisha and so stop taking drugs. But soon he is left alone in the street as a crazy person because he was screaming to everyone (don't smoke [[Hashish]]).
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▲Imad HamdyAnis (who used to work as a teacher) meets with an old student, Ragab (actor [[Ahmed RamziRamzy]]), by chance. RamziRagab invites him to the small boat in the [[Nile]]. And ImadAnis discovers soon enough that he isn'tis not the only person who smokes Shishashisha but a bunch of other [[Eliteelite]] , [[middle class]] and [[low class]] people are all on the boat. He soon discovers that everyone is smoking to forget the reality and hypocrisy of Egyptian life.
The film was released during the era of [[Anwar Al Sadat]] the former President of [[Egypt]], winner of [[Nobel Peace Prize]] and was taken quickly from the market because the film was seen as a criticism of the [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] [[socialism]] period, and the oppression of artistic films during [[Nasser]]'s time when it was forbidden to make any film unless the rich were clearly portrayed critically while the poor had to be shown sympathetically. [[Anwar al-Sadat]] didn't want to upset the [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] people, some of whom still loved and respected Nasser.▼
 
==Political background==
The film is now distributed by Founoon. It's a film that touched the [[Arab]] and Western world at the same time. It is subtitled in French and English which is uncommon.▼
▲The film was released during the era of [[Anwar Al Sadat]] the former Presidentgovernment of [[Egypt]],Anwar winnerAl of [[Nobel Peace PrizeSadat]] and was takenquickly quicklyremoved from the market because the filmit was seen as a criticism of the [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] [[socialism|Nasser]] period, andwhen thefilms oppressionthat ofdid artisticnot filmsconform duringwith [[Nasser]]'s timepolitics whenand it was forbidden to make any film unless the richideology were clearly portrayed critically while the poor had to be shownoften sympatheticallysuppressed. [[Anwar al-Sadat]] didn'tdid not want to upset the [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] people, some of whom still loved and respected Nasser.
 
EvenThe thoughfilms deals frankly with the filmissue mightof seemdrug toaddiction, beas aboutwell drugas problemsthe it'sdecadence actuallythat aobtained during the politicallylate controversialNasser movieera. The film was produced in [[1971]], and was unsusscessfulunsuccessful financially, dueas toit excessivewas banningfrequently that happened not onlybanned in the [[Middle East]] butand also in the westWest (mainly Europe). It only gained acclaim [[35]] years later. And even though the worldIt is now more open it's still forbiddenbanned in many countries, especially oppressedin countriesthe likeArab [[Iran]] and [[Saudi Arabia]]world.
 
▲The film is now distributed by Founoon. It's a film that touched the [[Arab]] and Western world at the same time. It is subtitled in French and English which is uncommon.
It was very carefully made by writer [[Naguib Mahfouz]] (winner of the [[Nobel Laureate]]) and director Hussein Kamal. It's a heartfelt film where everyone is affected by the hypocrisy of Nasser`s regime.
 
==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{IMDb title|0356117|Chitchat on the Nile <br>(Adrift on the Nile)}}
 
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