Gouz W Louz

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Gouz W Louz, is a 1993 Saudi movie, and starring Ahmad Bedir, Souad Nasr. Hassan Hosny.

Overview

Gouz W Louz is an Arabic social drama that opens with a young woman fleeing the relatives who have forced her into working at a cabaret. Taking refuge with a stranger whose door she knocks on, she hides from pursuit — only for her relatives to report the young man to the morality police. To protect their reputations, the two are pressured into a shotgun marriage. The complications deepen when her relatives scheme to lure her back to the cabaret. A film that balances social critique with the texture of everyday working-class life.

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