Movielogr
The Sultan of the Medina (1993)
Directed by Moncef Dhouib
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.
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Mustapha Adouani | Fatima Ben Saïdane | Kamel Touati | Ahmed Ben Smail | Rim Turki | Mouna Noureddine | Hamadi Zarrouk | Mohamed Mourali