La nuit sacrée

La nuit sacrée

110 mins | Drama | June 23, 1993

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.

La nuit sacrée

110 mins | Drama | June 23, 1993

La nuit sacrée
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.
Producers
Original title La nuit sacrée
Directors Nicolas Klotz
Writers Tahar Ben Jelloun, Elisabeth Perceval

Cast

Amina Annabi

as Ahmed / Zahra

Miguel Bosé

as Le consul

Maïté Nahyr

as L'assise

François Chattot

as Le père

Carole Andronico

as Ahmed enfant