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

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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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