Messages from the Sea (Egyptian Arabic: رسائل البحر, translit. Rassayel El Bahr) is a 2010 Egyptian drama film directed by Daoud Abdel Sayed. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,[1] but it did not make the final shortlist.[2]

Messages from the Sea
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Directed byDaoud Abdel Sayed
Written byDaoud Abdel Sayed
Produced byIsaad Younis
StarringAsser Yassin
Basma Ahmed
CinematographyAhmed el Morsy
Edited byMona Rabie
Distributed byRotana Studios
Release date
  • 8 October 2010 (2010-10-08) (Hamburg Film Festival)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

Cast

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  • Asser Yassin as Yehia
  • Basma as Nora
  • Sam Habib as David
  • Salah Abdallah as Hajj Hashim
  • Samia Asaad as Carla
  • Doaa Hegazy as Riham
  • Ahmed Kamal
  • May Kassab as Besa
  • Mohamed Lotfy as Abeel

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Messages From The Sea represents Egypt in Oscar". alarabiacinema. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  2. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
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