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Regret (2016)
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Original name: الندم
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Syria
Duration: 45 min.
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The series revolves around Erwa, a 40-year-old television writer, whose story begins on the night of Baghdad's fall, to show the historical events and political turns that have occurred from 2003 until now.
Style:
romantic drama, bleak, melancholic, family saga, reflective, atmospheric, islamic, social, tragic, pre war
Plot:
love story, regret, death, heart disease, mourning, social change, illness, post war, urban, nostalgia, terminal illness, resilience, class differences, diary, autobiography, islam, crisis, writers
Place:
syria
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