Film

La nuit sacrée

1993 · 1h 50m · Drama

IMDb

5.4

A rich Moroccan who belongs to the better circles has seven daughters. Whatever happens, the eighth offspring must be a son. It is a girl again, but she is given a male name, Ahmed and grows up like a boy. When Ahmed is 21, he is in an identity crisis: he wants to shave, leave a mustache and take his niece to wife. In the meantime, Ahmed's father is dying and wants to sail to heaven. He calls to Ahmed and calls her a female name Zahra and gives her freedom so that she can go out.

Amina Annabi

Ahmed / Zahra

Miguel Bosé

Le consul

Maïté Nahyr

L'assise

François Chattot

Le père

Carole Andronico

Ahmed enfant

Farida Rahouadj

Carmen Chaplin

Jalila Baccar

• Nicolas KlotzDirector
• Elisabeth PercevalScreenplay
• Tahar Ben JellounNovel
• Jean-François LepetitProducer
• Jean-Luc OrmièresProducer
• Leslie GrunbergProducer
• Jean-Luc LarguierExecutive Producer
• Sarim Fassi-FihriExecutive Producer
• Sylvaine SainderichinExecutive Producer
• Carlo VariniDirector of Photography

Release date

June 23, 1993

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama