# The Blazing Sun (1954)

> In a southern Egyptian valley, an agronomist's campaign to improve sugar-cane farming collides with a Pasha's authoritarian interests and a dangerous rekindled romance.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/116722

## Facts

- Runtime: 116 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Director: Youssef Chahine
- Cast: Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif, Zaki Rostom, Farid Shawqy, Abdel Warith Assir, Hamdy Ghaith, Zaki Ibrahim, Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044429/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: passionate, foreboding, melancholic, classic film night, arab cinema retrospective

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- [A Man in Our House (1961)](https://ember.film/movie/166917)
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- [Birds of Darkness (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/243555)

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