Ahmed Guessous

Ahmed Guessous

2010 · 80 min · Drama

Ahmed Guessous loses his parents during the war of Gaza in 1924. He will be found and adopted by Lieutenant Bourget Bourget keep him under his protection until he died a few months later. The friend of Bourget, Gassiaux, who promised his friend to keep this child, take him and educate him without giving him the love of a father.

Directed by Ismaël Saidi · Written by Ismaël Saidi

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