The Sultan of the Medina (1993)

7.2/10 95 min Drama

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.

Cast

Mustapha Adouani

Fatima Ben Saïdane

Kamel Touati

Sarjan

Mouna Noureddine

Hélène Catzaras

Mohamed Sayari

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