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| 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
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| released = {{Film date|1971}}
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| country = [[Egypt]]
| language = Arabic
| budget =
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'''''Chitchat on the Nile''''' ({{lang-ar|ثرثرة فوق النيل}}) (''Adrift on the Nile'') is a 1971 film based on the 1966 novel ''[[Adrift on the Nile
== Plot ==
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==Political background==
The film was released during the era of the government of [[Anwar Al Sadat]] and was quickly removed from the market because it was seen as a criticism of the [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Nasser]] period, when films that did not conform with Nasser's politics and ideology were often suppressed. [[Anwar al-Sadat]]
The films deals frankly with the issue of drug addiction, as well as the decadence that obtained during the late Nasser era. The film was produced in 1971, and was unsuccessful financially, as it was frequently banned in the [[Middle East]] and also in the West (mainly Europe). It only gained acclaim
The film is now distributed by Founoon and is subtitled in French and English.
==References==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:1971 films]]
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[[Category:Arabic-language films]]▼
[[Category:Egyptian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films based on Egyptian novels]]
[[Category:Novels by Naguib Mahfouz]]▼
[[Category:Films directed by Hussein Kamal]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Naguib Mahfouz]]
[[Category:Egyptian comedy-drama films]]
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