Taah Makhroush

Jan 1, 1993

3h 33m

★ 0.0

Overview

The play deals with the post-liberation stage of Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion, highlighting the political, economic and social issues and problems that came after liberation in a satirical comedy mold.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

مركز الفنون للإنتاج الفني والتوزيع

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Cast

لفتة / الموظف عادل / أم صالح

Tariq Al-Ali

أبو جعبر / صدام حسين / بو مناحي

Ahmad Johar

أبو طلال

Khaled Al-Aqrouqa

Mohammad Hassan

Ali Sultan

بو نبيل

Nawaf Al-Shammari

Bader Al-Tayyar

جعبر

Shaban Abbas

Saud Al Shuwaie

Ismail Sorour

Bader Al Balooshi

Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as Tom Waits sings. Vittoria travels to Iraq with her friend, Fuad, a poet; they are there with the second Gulf War breaks out. Vittoria is injured. Attilio must get to her side, and then, as war rages around him, he must find her the medical care she needs. In war, does love conquer all?

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