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The Song of Death, is a 1973 Egyptian movie, directed by Saeed Marzouk, and starring Faten Hamama, Abdelaziz Makhyoun, Karima Mokhtar. with a runtime of 34 minutes.
The Song of Death is an Egyptian drama film rooted in the traditions and codes of Upper Egyptian rural society. When a son refuses to carry out the blood revenge expected of him for his father's death, he defies a deeply entrenched social law — and pays a devastating price. His own mother, unable to accept his refusal, orders a relative to kill him. The death sentence is communicated through a traditional folk song, a chilling cultural code that sets the film's climax in motion. Powerful and spare, The Song of Death is a tragedy about the brutal grip of custom and what it costs those who dare resist it.
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