Synopsis
The setting is Cairo in June of 1945, during the last days of the Second World War. Gohar, a former university professor, encounters a young prostitute in an empty brothel and kills her in a moment of insanity. Assigned to the murder case, police inspector Nour El-Din stays on Gohar's trail hoping for a confrontation and confession of the crime. In this remarkable adaptation of the novel by Albert Cossery, both the detective and the criminal are faces with startling realizations as one closes in on the other.
Credits
Director (1)
Actor (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Misr International Films, Palmyre Productions
- French distribution : Claire Films
Full credits (5)
- Executive Producer : Antoine Gannagé
- Director of Photography : Ramses Marzouk
- Costume designer : Nahed Nasrallah
- Author of original work : Albert Cossery
- Producers : Marianne Khoury, Youssef Chahine
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Egypt, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Egypt, France)
- Production year : 1991
- French release : 05/05/1993
- Runtime : 1 h 32 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 69240
- Visa issue date : 15/05/1991
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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