The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)

Directed by

Tarik Saleh

Genre

crime film, thriller film

Country

Morocco, Germany, France, Egypt

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

16

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 394 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police detective in Cairo investigates a murder at a luxury hotel. He uncovers a web of corruption within the Egyptian police force before the 2011 revolution.

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What happens

The Nile Hilton Incident (Arabic: حادث النيل هيلتون Hadith Alnayl Hiylton) is a 2017 Swedish thriller film directed by Tarik Saleh. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. It was awarded the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic. The film discusses the corruption of Egyptian police before the 25 January Revolution. The plot is inspired by the murder of the Lebanese Arab singer Suzanne Tamim in Dubai in 2008. At the 53rd Guldbagge Awards, the film won five awards, including Best Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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