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الرهينة (1966)

الرهينة poster
Directed by
Youssef Maalouf
Country
Lebanon

How it feels

A Bedouin girl falls in love with a city boy. Another man from her tribe wants her, so he kills her father and blames the city boy. She seeks revenge while the city boy tries to prove his innocence.

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What happens

الرهينة هو فيلمٌ لبنانيٌ أُنتج عام 1966. فتاة بدوية تلتقي بشاب من المدينة، ويتحابان. لكن أحد أبناء القبيلة يحبها، ويقوم بقتل أبيها، ويوهمها بأن القاتل هو حبيبها ابن المدينة. لذلك تحاول الانتقام منه، فيما يحاول ابن المينة إظهار براءته. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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