The Sultan of the Medina

The Sultan of the Medina

1993•1h 35m•7.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(3)

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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Production

Cinétéléfilms, TRANSMEDITERRANEE PRODUCTION

Language

AR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Mustapha Adouani

Mustapha Adouani

Fatima Ben Saïdane

Fatima Ben Saïdane

Kamel Touati

Kamel Touati

Sarjan

Ahmed Ben Smail

Rim Turki

Mouna Noureddine

Mouna Noureddine

Hamadi Zarrouk

Mohamed Mourali

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