The Sultan of the Medina

Jan 2, 1993

1h 35m

★ 7.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Cinétéléfilms

TRANSMEDITERRANEE PRODUCTION

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Cast

Mustapha Adouani

Fatima Ben Saïdane

Sarjan

Kamel Touati

Ahmed Ben Smail

Rim Turki

Mouna Noureddine

Hamadi Zarrouk

Mohamed Mourali

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