Summary
A successful author, Liz, searches for her daughter, Rachel, in the Sinai Desert. There she meets a Bedouin storyteller who relays the unusual love story of a Western tourist and the son of a Bedouin Sheik named Najim. Their relationship is torn apart when the American is exposed to a tribal ritual.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+11)
Critics 42Audiences 53GoodWatch 40
Metascore45
Tomatometer38%
IMDb5.6
Audience score50%
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 romances, −21 min on the typical 107
typical 10786Half of all romances run 97–122 min.
Released
2002
June 6, 2002
24 years ago
Genres
RomanceDramaLanguage
Hebrew
Original language
Also spoken
ArabicMade in
Israel
and 1 moreDirecting · 1
- Doron Eran Director
Writing · 2
- Hanita Halevy Writer
- Yoav Halevy Writer
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