Movie: The Sultan of the Medina

Top 8 Billed Cast

Mustapha Adouani
Mustapha Adouani

Fatima Ben Saïdane
Fatima Ben Saïdane

Kamel Touati
Kamel Touati

Sarjan

Ahmed Ben Smail
Ahmed Ben Smail

Rim Turki
Rim Turki

Mouna Noureddine
Mouna Noureddine

Hamadi Zarrouk
Hamadi Zarrouk

Mohamed Mourali
Mohamed Mourali

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1993-01-02

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    العربية
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