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The Cruel Sea

7.019711h 46mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorKhalid Al Siddiq
WritersSaad Al-Faraj·Walaa'Salah El-Din

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Cast · Directed by Khalid Al Siddiq

SASaad Al-Faraj
Saad Al-Faraj
Father
HAHayat Al-Fahad
Hayat Al-Fahad
Mother
AAAli AlMufeedi
Ali AlMufeedi
MAMohammed Al-Mansour
Mohammed Al-Mansour
Moussaed
AB
Amal Bakr
Nura
AS
Ahmed El Saleh
MAMuhammad Al-Mannaya
Muhammad Al-Mannaya

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The Cruel Sea hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around May 15, 1971. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.