简介：UniversallyrecognizedasoneofthegreatestEgyptianfilmsevermade,TheNightofCountingtheYearsisbasedonatruestory:in1881,whenpreciousartifactsbeganshowingupatmarket,itwasdiscoveredthatmembersoftheancientHorbattribeweresecretlyraidingDeiral-Bahari,thesiteofalegendarycacheofroyalmummies.Thetribehadlittlelivelihoodotherthansellingantiquities,puttingtheminconflictwiththeEgyptiangovernment'sAntiquitiesOrganization.Afterreadingthescript,RobertoRosselliniagreedtolendhisnametotheproject,andShadiAbdelSalam'sfilmwascompletedin1969.Thiscinematictreatwasextremelydifficulttoseefromthe1970sonwarduntillastyear'sbeautifulrestorationbyMartinScorsese'sWorldCinemaFoundation.Usingoriginal35mmcameraandsoundnegativespreservedattheEgyptianFilmCenterinGiza,therestorationpreservesthefilm'spoeticbeauty,itsevocativesenseofhistory,anditsthemesofdesecrationand...…