The Lover

May 3, 2012

1h 50m

★ 10.0

Overview

The autobiography of a film director who grows up in a small town then leaves for the city to finish his studies. When he became famous, he decided to make a film about his upbringing in the village based on his childhood memories.

Genres

Drama

Romance

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Cast

Mourad

Abdel Moneim Amayri

Rima

Dima Kandalaft

Huda

Masa Zaher

Father

Abdellatif Abdelhamid

School Principal

Fadi Sobieh

Omar

Qays Sheikh Najib

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