Too Early / Too Late (1982)
Original title: Trop tôt, trop tard
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Inspired by a letter by Friedrich Engels and a 1974 account of two militant Marxist writers who had been imprisoned by the Nasser regime, Straub-Huillet filmed this film in France and Egypt during 1980. They reflect on Egypt’s history of peasant struggle and liberation from Western colonization, and link it to class tensions in France shortly before the Revolution of 1789, quoting texts by Engels as well as the pioneering nonfiction film Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895).
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Danièle HuilletNarrator (segment A) (voice)Bahgat ElnadiNarrator (segment B) (voice) (as Bahgat el Nadi)Gérard SamaanNarrator (segment B) (voice)Keywords
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What is Too Early / Too Late about?
Inspired by a letter by Friedrich Engels and a 1974 account of two militant Marxist writers who had been imprisoned by the Nasser regime, Straub-Huillet filmed this film in France and Egypt during 1980. They reflect on Egypt’s history of peasant struggle and liberation from Western colonization, and link it to class tensions in France shortly before the Revolution of 1789, quoting texts by Engels as well as the pioneering nonfiction film Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895).
How long is Too Early / Too Late?
Too Early / Too Late has a runtime of 100 minutes.