THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT
by Tarik Saleh
synopsis
Weeks before the 2011 revolution in Egypt. Noredin, a police officer in Cairo’s corrupt system, investigates the murder of a club singer at the Nile Hilton. Upon realizing the involvement of Egypt’s power elite, Noredin changes sides to those who are defenseless against it. A political thriller based on a true story.
| international title: | The Nile Hilton Incident |
| original title: | The Nile Hilton Incident |
| country: | Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Morocco |
| sales agent: | The Match Factory |
| year: | 2017 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Tarik Saleh |
| film run: | 106' |
| release date: | FR 5/07/2017, GR 20/07/2017, NL 24/08/2017, HU 21/09/2017, SE 29/09/2017, DE 5/10/2017, DK 12/10/2017, PL 1/12/2017, IT 22/02/2018, ES 30/03/2018 |
| screenplay: | Tarik Saleh |
| cast: | Fares Fares, Ger Duany, Slimane Dazi, Mohamed Yousry, Hichem Yacoubi |
| cinematography by: | Pierre Aïm |
| art director: | Roger Rosenberg |
| costumes designer: | Louize Nissen |
| producer: | Kristina Åberg |
| co-producer: | Signe Byrge Sørensen, Marcel Lenz, Monica Hellstrøm, Karim Debbagh |
| production: | Atmo, Sveriges Television AB - SVT, The Chimney Pot Sweden / Chimney, Scanbox Entertainment AB, Final Cut for Real, ostlicht filmproduktion GmbH, Kasbah-Film Tanger [MA] |
| backing: | Film i Väst |
| distributor: | Scanbox Entertainment Sweden, Memento Distribution, Movies Inspired, Cherry Pickers Filmdistributie, Scanbox Entertainment Denmark, Port-Au-Prince Pictures GmbH, Seven Films, La Aventura |