La nuit sacrée

Dans les annees vingt, l'histoire de la huitieme fille d'une famille marocaine dont le sexe fut cache a tous et qui fut elevee dans la tradition des males jusqu'a l'age de 21 ans sous le nom d'Ahmed.

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.

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TheTVDB.com Movie ID 322794
Status Released
Released France July 7, 1993 Japan September 29, 1993 (Tokyo International Film Festival) Hungary April 2, 1997 (TV premiere)
Genres Drama
Original Country France
Original Language French
Production Company Flach Film Les Films Ariane France 3 Cinéma Titane Production StudioCanal
Distributor Les Films Ariane
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Amina Annabi
as Ahmed / Zahra
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Miguel Bosé
as Le consul
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Maïté Nahyr
as Assise / consul's sister
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François Chattot
as Le père
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Carole Andronico
as Ahmed / enfant
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Jalila Baccar
as La mère
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Farid Belkhaya
as L'oncle
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Carmen Chaplin
as Fatima
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Farida Rahouadj
as La prostituée
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Natasha Solignac
as Patronne prairie
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Hammou Graïa
as L'homme hôtel
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Safia Ziani
as Malika
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Hasna Tamtaoui
as Sonia
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Fatima Ouchaye
as Soeur / Sister
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Fatima Bouchareb
as Soeur / Sister
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Name
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Elisabeth Perceval

Name
Nicolas Klotz

Name
Sarim Fassi
Leslie Grunberg
Jean-Luc Larguier
Jean-François Lepetit
Jean-Luc Ormières
Sylvaine Sainderichin

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La nuit sacrée

Amina Annabi as Ahmed / Zahra * needs role-specific image

Miguel Bosé as Le consul * needs role-specific image

Maïté Nahyr as Assise / consul's sister * needs role-specific image

François Chattot as Le père * needs role-specific image

Carole Andronico as Ahmed / enfant * needs role-specific image

Jalila Baccar as La mère * needs role-specific image

Farid Belkhaya as L'oncle * needs role-specific image

Carmen Chaplin as Fatima * needs role-specific image

Farida Rahouadj as La prostituée * needs role-specific image

Natasha Solignac as Patronne prairie * needs role-specific image

Hammou Graïa as L'homme hôtel * needs role-specific image

Safia Ziani as Malika * needs role-specific image

Hasna Tamtaoui as Sonia * needs role-specific image

Fatima Ouchaye as Soeur / Sister * needs role-specific image

Fatima Bouchareb as Soeur / Sister * needs role-specific image