Lovers of the Nile

Lovers of the Nile

90 mins | Jan. 16, 2002

During the Second World War, in 1943, Anne Frendo, a young dreamer and artist, living alone with her father in Tunisia, discovers, by chance, the lifeless body of a French soldier, parachuted in. At the invitation of her aunt, Sophie Frendo, an Egyptologist, she sets out on a journey that leads her to Sfax, Egypt, taking with her a letter that the soldier had begun to write, and which seems to be intended for her.

Lovers of the Nile

90 mins | Jan. 16, 2002

Lovers of the Nile
During the Second World War, in 1943, Anne Frendo, a young dreamer and artist, living alone with her father in Tunisia, discovers, by chance, the lifeless body of a French soldier, parachuted in. At the invitation of her aunt, Sophie Frendo, an Egyptologist, she sets out on a journey that leads her to Sfax, Egypt, taking with her a letter that the soldier had begun to write, and which seems to be intended for her.
Producers Canal+
Original title Les Amants du Nil
Directors Éric Heumann
Writers

Cast

Emma de Caunes

as Anne Frendo

Éric Caravaca

as Samuel

Jacques Nolot

as Charles Frendo

Bernadette Lafont

as Sophie Frendo