| The Nile Hilton Incident | |
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| Directed by | Tarik Saleh |
| Written by | Tarik Saleh |
| Produced by | Kristina Åberg |
| Starring | Fares Fares |
| Music by | Krister Linder |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Countries | Sweden Egypt Denmark Germany |
| Languages | Arabic Nuer/Dinka |
The Nile Hilton Incident (Arabic:حادث النيل هيلتونHadith Alnayl Hiylton) is a 2017 Swedishthriller film directed byTarik Saleh. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the2017 Sundance Film Festival.[1] It was awarded the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic.[2] The film discusses the corruption of Egyptian police before the25 January Revolution. The plot is inspired by themurder of the Lebanese Arab singerSuzanne Tamim inDubai in 2008.[3] At the53rd Guldbagge Awards, the film won five awards, includingBest Film.[4]
The narrative revolves around Noredin (Fares Fares), an enigmatic and rugged detective renowned for hischain-smoking habit. Assigned ahomicide investigation, he delves into the unsettling murder case of Lalena, a pop star entwined in the world of politics as the mistress of Hatem Shafiq (based onHisham Talaat Moustafa).[5] The grim discovery of Lalena's lifeless body, her throat brutally slit, occurs within the confines of the eponymous Nile Hilton hotel.[6]
The case takes an intriguing turn as the sole witness to the gruesome crime emerges – aSudanese maid by the name of Salwa (Mari Malek).[7] Shafiq denies culpability for the murder of Lalena, who, it turns out, collaborated with a sleazy pimp named Nagy (Hichem Yacoubi) to capture compromising pictures of her clients (including Shafiq) to be used as blackmail.[8] Soon it is revealed that Shafiq had a mysterious man (Slimane Dazi) kill Lalena.[9]
Onreview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 55 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10.[10] OnMetacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[11]
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