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The Cruel Sea

1971
Directed byKhalid Al Siddiq
1h 46m

The first feature film to be made by the state of Kuwait. It is a period piece about Kuwait before the discovery of oil when fishing was the predominant occupation. Bas Ya Bahar is the story of a crippled pearl diver who forbids his son Mussaid to go to sea to dive for pearls.

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Saad Al-FarajFatherHayat Al-FahadMotherAli AlMufeedi
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.5

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