La nuit sacrée

La nuit sacrée — Plot

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.

• Release date
• June 23, 1993
• Runtime
• 110 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Nicolas Klotz

La nuit sacrée — Cast

Amina Annabi Ahmed / Zahra Miguel Bosé Le consul Maïté Nahyr L'assise François Chattot Le père

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Carole Andronico Ahmed enfant Farida Rahouadj Carmen Chaplin

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Jalila Baccar