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Fazil
UNITED STATES · 1928

Fazil

Howard Hawks
cross-cultural marriage desert vs. civilization cultural clash forbidden love identity conflict
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Synopsis

An Arab prince born and raised in the desert and a beautiful Frenchwoman from Paris fall in love and marry, but the tremendous differences in their backgrounds and the cultural differences between their two different societies put strains on their marriage that may well prove irreparable.

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