خلاصه داستان : این فیلم بر اساس رمانی از نجیب محفوظ برنده جایزه نوبل در سال 1947 ساخته شده است. داستان در طول جنگ جهانی دوم می گذرد و بر کوچه المدک متمرکز است، خیابانی پر از آب در قاهره که...

This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone.

خلاصه داستان : سرزمین مبارزات یک دهکده کوچک دهقانی در برابر هجوم بی‌دیده‌های مالکان بزرگ محلی، سرزمین نشان می‌دهد که چرا ستم سیاسی لزوماً منجر به احساس همبستگی بین افراد بی‌ارث نمی‌شود...

Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.