Adrift on the Nile (1971) on Netflix
Anis Zaki, a Ministry of Health civil servant, cannot bear the government's hypocrisy or the public's illiteracy. He takes up hashish. An old student, Ragab, invites him onto a Nile boat.
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Plot summary
Anis Zaki once taught school and now holds a post at the Ministry of Health, where he cannot tolerate the government's hypocrisy or the illiteracy of the public. He decides to shut out the country's problems with hashish, smoked in a shisha, a popular habit in Egypt. The 1967 Six-Day War is the background. By chance he meets Ragab, a former student, and Ragab invites him to a small boat on the Nile. There Anis finds a crowd of Egyptians, from the elite, the middle class and the lower class, gathered on the boat to smoke, each of them trying to forget the hypocrisy and reality of Egyptian life.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Adrift on the Nile (1971)
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- Chitchat on the Nile was quickly pulled from the market after its release in the era of Anwar Sadat's government because it was seen as a criticism of the Nasser period. Sadat did not want to upset Egyptians who still loved and respected Gamal Abdel Nasser.
- The 1971 film was a financial failure and was frequently banned in the Middle East and the West, mainly Europe. It only gained acclaim 35 years later and is still banned in many countries, especially in the Arab world.
