The Great Fava Beans of China
2004 1h 45m movie Film

The Great Fava Beans of China

فول الصين العظيم

Synopsis

فول الصين العظيم

Mohy Al-Sharqawi is a young man whose grandfather and his uncles form a smuggling gang. As Mohy is a coward who cannot go along with them, he goes to live with his mother and step-father but they send him to China to represent Egypt in a cooking competition which gets him into a lot of troubles

The 2003–2005 Other Asia Window

49 Other Asia films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Great Fava Beans of China sits at position #17.

  1. Stealing a Nation
    #1

    Stealing a Nation

    ★ 8.3 · 2004

  2. Tito
    #2

    Tito

    ★ 7.6 · 2004

  3. Best Times
    #3

    Best Times

    ★ 7.6 · 2004

  4. Control Room
    #4

    Control Room

    ★ 7.5 · 2004

  5. Beautiful City
    #5

    Beautiful City

    ★ 7.5 · 2004

  6. The Lizard
    #6

    The Lizard

    ★ 7.3 · 2004

  7. 3 Deewarein
    #7

    3 Deewarein

    ★ 7.3 · 2003

  8. Iron Island
    #8

    Iron Island

    ★ 7.3 · 2005

Other Titles From Oscar Pictures

The 2000s Other Asia Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Great Fava Beans of China premiered. 130 total titles in this decade from Other Asia.

'007'017'026'0314'0419'0516'0614'0714'0818'0915

Reception Benchmarks

6.7
TMDB Rating
29
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #267 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (51st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Other Asia Comedy productions specifically: #74 of 183 (top 40%).

Production Details

Primary Country Other Asia
All Production Countries Egypt
Original Language Arabic
Spoken Languages Arabic, Mandarin
Production Companies Oscar Pictures
Runtime 1h 45m
Release Date August 8, 2004
IMDb tt0422265

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