The Nile Hilton Incident

classified 15 S
Film

Please note: This was screened in March 2018

Director
Tarik Saleh
Cast
Fares Fares, Mari Malek, Yasser Ali Maher
Details
106 mins, Subtitled, 2017, Sweden | Denmark | Germany | France

A rising young police detective in Cairo is assigned the case of a murdered singer that leads to the President's inner circle in this brilliant Egyptian thriller, winner of the Jury Prize at Sundance.

Noredin (Fares Fares) is a detective on the case of the murder of a beautiful singer at the Nile Hilton Hotel in downtown Tahrir Square. He initially views the job as just another opportunity to squeeze the usual suspects and pocket a few more bribes, but as he uncovers increasingly disturbing details about the reach of the crime, this ambivalent anti-hero finds his conscience piqued...

Excellent performances and an intelligent script elevate this from conventional crime film to a smart portrait of corruption and political power - set movingly in the weeks before the 2011 uprising.


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