PRODUCTIONS: THE PHARAOHS' GATE

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Sandro Vannini

Laboratoriorosso

52'

HD

The intent of this documentary is to travel along the egyptian coast of the Red Sea from the Sudanese border to Port Said, and discover an always more vital area for Egypt. Actually, it is just along the Red Sea coast that important projects of turistic development are taking shape (Gouna, Ain Sukhna, Marsa Alam). After the discovery of important oil and natural gas resources it is some years that Red Sea has also become the energetic "Eldorado". Thanks to the Suez Channel (in 2009 it will occur the 140th anniversary of its inauguration), that is a precious gate to the Mediterranean sea for the tankers and the huge cargo boats coming from the Far East, the rights of way are now the most important precious income for Egypt. Therefore, oil refineries, cement factories, industries, ports, construction sites and mass tourism are today changing the face of the egyptian coast on the Red Sea in an impulsive and maybe with no remedy way. Our reportage tells you the contrast and the positive and negative consequences regarding the economical and occupational problems and also the environmental, cultural and archaelogical questions. Is it still possible and susteinable this kind of development the Egyptians have been following? And how much is it actually useful to Egypt and egyptians?