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البحار, is a 1935 Egyptian movie, directed by Togo Mizrahi, and starring Amina Mohamed, Togo Mizrahi. Mohamed El Sebaii.
Al-Bahar is a classic Egyptian drama film that depicts the life of Fatima, a poor woman married to Hamido, a sailor whose work keeps him away from home for long stretches. Struggling to make ends meet, Fatima pawns her jewelry to cover household expenses, and in her husband's absence befriends a neighbor named Umm Mahmoud, who schemes to arrange a meeting between Fatima and a wealthy man. When Hamido returns and grows suspicious, a damaging rift opens between husband and wife. The film is a realistic social portrait of poverty, loneliness, and manipulation, exploring how absence and financial hardship can make marriages vulnerable to outside exploitation.
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