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Nights of the Jackal is a film of genre Drama directed by Abdellatif Abdelhamid with Bassam Kousa

Nights of the Jackal (1988)

Nights of the Jackal
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Length 1h45
Genres Drama
Rating71% 3.597073.597073.597073.597073.59707

Layali ibn awa (Arabic: ليالي ابن آوى‎) is a Syrian film directed by Abdellatif Abdelhamid and produced by the General Organization Cinema in Syria. the film released in 1989s.



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Synopsis

This film is set in Syria's pre-war days, the 1967s., rumors of war. Abu Kamel, a peasant who farms tomatoes near Latakia, bullies his family. One by one, each rebels against him or finds a route to break away. One daughter marries, another has a clandestine relationship with a cobbler too fearful to ask Abu Kamel for her hand. A son away at university (at great cost to his parents) turns his back on his father's values and his father's plans; another son breaks a family taboo and turns to the army for a new start. The youngest wants to go to the city to study. Abu Kamel's long-suffering wife, Moti'an, may be called away. Tomato prices fall; jackals howl at night. Kamel needs a new center.

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Bassam Kousa

(the son)
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