The Cruel Sea

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Khalid Al Siddiq

Status Released

Release Date 1971-03-27

Storyline

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.