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The broken wings / written by Kahlil Gibran ; directed by Yousef Malouf ; produced by Toufic Kairouz.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Gibran, Kahlil, 1883-1931.
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gibran, Kahlil, 1883-1931. Ajnihah al-mutakassirah.
- Gibran, Kahlil.
- Ajniḥah al-mutakassirah (Gibran, Kahlil).
- Love--Drama.
- Love.
- Feature films--Lebanon.
- Feature films.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (93 minutes)) : sound, black and white
- Place of Publication:
- [Miami] : Mission Group, ©1995.
- Language Note:
- In Arabic with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- Tender story of a love that beats desperately against the taboos of Oriental tradition. With great sensitivity and lyricism, Gibran describes his passion as a youth for Selma Karamy, the beautiful girl of Beirut who first unfolded to him the secrets of love. But it is a love that is doomed by as social convention which forces Selma into marriage with another man.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Antoine Saba ; restored and edited by Mark Boswell ; associate producer, Antoine Khouri, Atlas Film.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on May 9, 2023).
- OCLC:
- 1086333019
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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