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
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The 2003–2005 Other Asia Window
The Great Fava Beans of China holds position #17 of 49 Other Asia films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Other Asia Landscape
2004 was the decade’s peak output year for Other Asia — 19 titles released, including The Great Fava Beans of China. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (130 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 18 other Other Asia films in 2004.
The 163rd Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
29 audience reviews — more than 76% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 78th percentile among Other Asia films.
Reception Benchmarks
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 |