Al-gough

The Hunger (1986)

In a new tale of the epic of Harafish, an unjust bully controls the alley, whose brother was imprisoned unjustly after he fed the poor without his permission. While in prison, his wife is preparing for a revolution by the poor to demolish this corrupt regime and end the tyranny in the alley. ** Writer Mustafa Muharram, in an interview with the London-based newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi, said: Naguib Mahfouz’s name was removed from the movie “Hunger” because of his support for the “Camp David” Accords. ** Writer Mustafa Muharram, in an interview with the London-based newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi, said: Naguib Mahfouz’s name was removed from the movie “Hunger” because of his support for the “Camp David” Accords. *** In an article by critic Fayza Hindawi published on March 23, 2021 in Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, he stated that the film was taken from the novel “The Harafish” by the Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz, and stated that this novel was adapted into more than one film by a number of directors. “Hunger” was the seventh adaptation, and it was before it. The movie “The Chase” by director Samir Seif in 1985, and the movie “Shahd Al-Malika” in the same year by director Hossam El-Din Mostafa. In 1986 AD, two films were completed: “The Harafish” by director Hossam El-Din Mostafa and “Berries and Bots” by director Niazi Mustafa. In 1988, Egyptian cinema produced the films “Friends of the Devil” by director Ahmed Yassin and the film “Al-gough” by director Ali Badrakhan.