The Cruel Sea

Directing: خالد الصدّيق, Walaa'Salah El-Din, Abdel-Rahman Saleh, سعد الفرج, خالد الصدّيق

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.