2 Films & TV Shows Set In Bahrain During The 20th Century

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  A Bahraini Tale

  🇧🇭 Bahrain The 1960s

  Set during the Arab-Israeli war of 1967, this epic drama is both the personal story of a middle-class Bahraini family and an account of the hopes and faith the Arab world had in Jamal Abdul Nasser as its leader. Intimately told, it skillfully interweaves the personal and the general to reveal a society built on male domination and female sacrifice, as women attempt to enjoy freedom of choice.

  Released in 2006 • 96 minutes
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  Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist

  🇧🇭 Bahrain 🇮🇶 Iraq 🇰🇵 North Korea (DPRK) 🇰🇷 South Korea The 1980s

  Two North Korean terrorists posing as Japanese tourists under the names of Shin Icho and Ma Yumi, blow up a Korean Airline flight enroute to Baghdad. When investigators catch up with the two in Bahrain, they take suicide pills but Ma Yumi is revived and forced to stand trial for her crimes.

  Released in 1990 • 110 minutes