The Broken Wings

Original title: Lal aghnihat el moutakasra

19641964
1h 30m

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These are the early 1900s. Gibran, a young painter and poet, arrives in Beirut and gets to know Skeikh Fares, a rich aristocrat who was a friend of his father's years before. The young man f... Read allThese are the early 1900s. Gibran, a young painter and poet, arrives in Beirut and gets to know Skeikh Fares, a rich aristocrat who was a friend of his father's years before. The young man falls in love with his beautiful daughter, Salma, who is equally attracted to Gibran. But t... Read allThese are the early 1900s. Gibran, a young painter and poet, arrives in Beirut and gets to know Skeikh Fares, a rich aristocrat who was a friend of his father's years before. The young man falls in love with his beautiful daughter, Salma, who is equally attracted to Gibran. But the local bishop disapproves of such a relationship and forces Salma to marry Mansoor Bey. ... Read all

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Director
- Yusuf Maloof
Writers
- Saeed Akal
- Kahlil Gibran(novel)
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Kahlil Gibran: There're so many things in this life that man can not understand. They tie a person to another and they tie people's fate.

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"Many people feel Kahlil Gibran died of a broken heart. We feel he died with great love and passion in his heart. May his soul rest in peace."

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The Broken Wings

My heart aches giving this movie an overall rating of 9, as it is above and beyond even 10 (considering the stature of the author).

The cast was good, acting was fantastic and the direction was excellent considering the kind of book that was tried filming, as it was like an effort to summarize the complete universe in one single word.

I am surprised that a movie as splendid as this was not reviewed by anyone on here (or anywhere else that much). If you want to know what 'seeing a smile of pleasure mingled with sadness' means, you should definitely read the book and watch the movie, only to find out that you will do it again.

PS: And when the wings are broken, you finally learn to soar high up.

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