The Sultan of the Medina

(1993)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1993

Runtime: 95 мин

Country: France, Tunisia

Director: Moncef Dhouib

Cast: Mustapha Adouani, Fatima Ben Saïdane, Kamel Touati, Ahmed Ben Smail, Rim Turki, Mouna Noureddine, Hamadi Zarrouk, Mohamed Mourali, Hélène Catzaras, Hassiba Rochdi

Plot

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.