The Sultan of the Medina
MovieTitle | يا سلطان المدينه |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Jan 2, 1993 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Moncef Dhouib |
Production country | France, Tunisia |
Production companies | Cinétéléfilms, TRANSMEDITERRANEE PRODUCTION |
Run time | 95 min. |
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.