The Water-Carrier Is Dead

The Water-Carrier Is Dead (1977) is a drama film directed by Salah Abu Seif rated 7.8/10.

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.

Cast

Farid Shawqy

Shehata Effendi

Ezzat Al Alaily

Shusha Al-Sakka

Shwikar

Aziza Nofal

Amina Rizk

Umm Amna

Tahiya Cariocca

Zamzam

Nahed Jabr

Amna

Sherif Salah El Din

Sayed

Hassan Hussein

Sheikh Sayed

Ibrahim Qadry

Mohamed Farid

Gad

Naeem Essa

Nahid Jabr