Sadouh

Sadouh

1989 · 142 min · Comedy, Fantasy, Drama

The events take place in a fantasy framework around a disassembled family whose members only care about money, a creature from the planet Mercury comes to it that meets the requests of each individual for the family individually on the condition that he is repaired and his family is circled to become an ideal family to follow.

Directed by Abdullah Al-Hubail · Written by Abdullah Al-Hubail

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