The Cruel Sea

1h 46m
Drama
6.5

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.

Cast

Saad Al-Faraj
Father
Hayat Al-Fahad
Mother
Ali AlMufeedi
Unknown
Mohammed Al-Mansour
Moussaed
Amal Bakr
Nura
Ahmed El Saleh
Unknown
Muhammad Al-Mannaya
Unknown

Crew

Khalid Al Siddiq
Director, Writer
Saad Al-Faraj
Writer
Walaa'Salah El-Din
Writer
Abdel-Rahman Saleh
Writer
Tewfik El-Amir
Cinematography

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