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Sea of Silence

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Original title

Bas ya Baharaka

AKA

Cruel Sea

Year

1972

Running time

106 min.

Country

Kuwait

Director

Khalid Al Siddiq

Screenwriter

Khalid Al Siddiq, Saad Al-Faraj, Walaa'Salah El-Din, Abdel-Rahman Saleh

Cast

Mohammed Al-Mansour, Amal Bakr, Saad Al-Faraj, Hayat El-Fahad

Music

Bo Tarik

Cinematography

Tewfik El-Amir (B&W)

Genre

Drama | 1940s. Social Drama. Sea Adventures

Synopsis

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. Bay Ya Bahr is the story of a crippled pearl diver who forbids his son Mussaid to go to sea to dive for pearls. Mussaid's father got the 'bends' after resurfacing too fast during a shark attack on his boat. However, the boy cannot see any other way to make enough money to mary Nura, his beloved. Nura is the daughter of a merchant who wants her to marry for money. Finally, his father gives Mussaid permission to go to sea and even gives him his special black diving suit. Mussaid then works with the man to whom his father owes money. While Mussaid is away, Nura is forced by her family to marry a rich, older suitor. During his last dive Mussaid puts his hand inside a huge clam which closes on it. Mussaid is gasping for air and his friend has to amputate his arm in order to 'rescue' him. However Mussaid was dead long before he...

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Sea of Silence

1972

Khalid Al Siddiq