剧情介绍
摩萨德是一名采珠工，以此收入来养活家人和供养儿子念书。1945年的一天，摩萨德正在海中作业时，突然遭遇鲨鱼袭击，倾刻间，他被撕得尸骨无存。儿子穆罕默德闻知此噩耗后，悲痛欲绝，但他强忍住伤痛，在当天便自行办理了退学手续，他决定要继承父亲的工作，担负起全家的生计，成为家庭的顶梁柱。穆罕默德这时正与村子里的渔家姑娘努拉暗中相恋，为了生活得以继续，也为了能够筹足婚礼的费用，穆罕默德加倍工作量出海作业，挖蚌采珠。可就在他日以继日劈浪劳作时，努拉的父亲按村里传统的族规，决定要把女儿嫁给一个素未谋面的富商。一对有情人终以一个死去一个被迫嫁人的悲剧而告终。
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. Bay Ya Bahr is the story of a crippled pearl diver who forbids his son Mussaid to go to sea to dive for pearls. Mussaid's father got the 'bends' after resurfacing too fast during a shark attack on his boat. However, the boy cannot see any other way to make enough money to mary Nura, his beloved. Nura is the daughter of a merchant who wants her to marry for money. Finally, his father gives Mussaid permission to go to sea and even gives him his special black diving suit. Mussaid then works with the man to whom his father owes money. While Mussaid is away, Nura is forced by her family to marry a rich, older suitor. During his last dive Mussaid puts his hand inside a huge clam which closes on it. Mussaid is gasping for air and his friend has to amputate his arm in order to 'rescue' him. However Mussaid was dead long before he was brought to the boat. Nura meanwhile is raped by her husband on her wedding night. Mussaid's best friend looks through his cache of oysters and gradually starts opening all of them. Finally when he gets to the last one he finds a huge pearl inside. Maybe Mussaid's death will not be in vain if he can give this to Mussaid's family. When the boat reaches Kuwait, Mussaid's mother is welcomed by the dead body of her son and his prize - the pearl - for which he lost his life. The mother stares at the sea with unbridled rage and flings the pearl into it uttering the phrase: "Bas ya bahr" (enough oh sea)!
西亚影史补遗；讲述采珠工摩萨德在某次海中作业时，突遭鲨鱼袭击落下严重伤疾。儿子穆罕默德强忍悲痛，决定继承父亲工作、成为家庭的顶梁柱。这时，穆罕默德正与村子里的少女努拉相恋，为了全家的生计和筹足婚礼的昂贵费用，穆罕默德加倍工作量，日以继夜辛苦劳作。努拉的父亲却私下计划，要把女儿嫁给一个素未谋面的富商。1、作为科威特本土摄制出产的首部长篇电影，[残酷的海]所承载的历史意义已然远超作品本身水准。类似航拍海景、相似转场的时空剪辑、鱼眼主观视角及大量运用的水下摄影技术之于当时的社会背景显得极具震慑力和超前意识，使其被夸誉为阿拉伯现实主义新浪潮的优秀范例和诚意之作。2、全程精简对白，配乐以民俗打击乐器为主旋律交互重现。3、长达十分钟的传统婚庆及渔民捕鱼挖蚌场景的细致摹绘。（7.5/10）
普通科威特人的生活，跟富裕一点都没关系
剛開始總嫌剪輯不夠工整,但適應了後又覺得別具風格.海上的場景都拍得粗礪有力,具壓逼感的取鏡角度加上音效的襯托予人親臨其境的逼真.缺憾是男主角慘死的一幕演得太假.另外影片本身畫質奇差,如果日後能有修復版就好了
貌似墨西哥也有一部类似题材的电影，在四五十年代吧，这部跟那部比，偏弱不少~
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婚禮那段、幾場短鏡頭剪接都不錯，可惜劇本偏弱。
我擦，我是第一个看的!!科威特的第一部电影，不过很多手法已经很先进了，还有一个画面是航拍，大海和鲨鱼是强大的，无法战胜，但其实更无法战胜的是当时的阶级等级，讲述石油开采之前的科威特，有了石油之后，就完全不是一个世界了!