La nuit sacrée
1993 · 110 min · Drama
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.
- Director
- Nicolas Klotz
- Writers
- Elisabeth Perceval, Tahar Ben Jelloun
- Released
- June 23, 1993
- Language
- French
Cast
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