The Sultan of the Medina

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The Sultan of the Medina (1993)

Directed by Moncef Dhouib

Drama · 1h 35m

A community of people rejected by society live in an abandoned residence located in a "Medina": an old town in Tunisia. Al Bab, a local criminal running the residence's prostitution circle, returns from prison on his wedding day. Fraj, his brother and the town warlock, falls in love with Ramla, his brother's future wife: He is the only man of the residence who has seen her face, as she is kept prisoner in one of the rooms until the wedding night.

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Cast

Mustapha Adouani Fatima Ben Saïdane Kamel Touati Sarjan
A
Ahmed Ben Smail
R
Rim Turki Mouna Noureddine
H
Hamadi Zarrouk
M
Mohamed Mourali Hélène Catzaras
H
Hassiba Rochdi
A
Amel Safta
A
Abdelwaheb Jemli

Crew

Director
Moncef Dhouib
Director of Photography
Ahmed Bennys
Editor
Kahéna Attia

Details

Original title
يا سلطان المدينه
Release date
1993-01-02
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Original language
AR
Spoken languages
Arabic
Countries
France, Tunisia
Production
Cinétéléfilms, TRANSMEDITERRANEE PRODUCTION