Messages from the Sea
Feb 01 2010
•2h 57m
•Drama, Romance
A man witnesses the drastic changes in society as he goes back to the Alexandria of his youth.
Cast
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Asser Yassin
Yehya
Basma
Nora
Mohammad Lotfi
Abeel
Samia Asaad
Carla
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