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-Faraj
Father
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Hayat Al-Fahad
Mother
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Sulaiman Al-Tayeb
Ali AlMufeedi
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Mohammed Al-Mansour
Moussaed
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Sulaiman Al-Tayeb
Amal Bakr
Nura
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Ahmed El Saleh
Muhammad Al-Mannaya
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Khalid Al Siddiq Director · Saad Al-Faraj Writer Walaa'Salah El-Din Writer
First release March 27, 1971 · Produced in Kuwait · Original title بس يا بحر
Production
Kuwait
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Original title
بس يا بحر
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Kuwait · March 27, 1971
Theatrical · Source: IMDb
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