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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.




Plot


The narrative revolves around Noredin (Fares Fares), an enigmatic and rugged detective renowned for his chain-smoking habit. Tasked with an investigation, he delves into the unsettling murder case of Lalena, a pop star entwined in the world of politics as Hatem Shafiq's (based on Hisham Talaat Moustafa) mistress. The grim discovery of Lalena's lifeless body, her throat brutally slit, occurs within the confines of the eponymous Nile Hilton hotel.
The case takes an intriguing turn as the sole witness to the gruesome crime emerges – a Sudanese maid by the name of Salwa (Mari Malek). Shafiq denies culpability for the murder of Lalena, who, it turns out, collaborated with a sleazy pimp named Nagy (Hichem Yacoubi) to capture compromising images of her clients (including Shafiq) to be used as blackmail. The film also revealed that Shafiq had another mysterious guy (Slimane Dazi) kill Lalena.




Cast


Fares Fares as Noredin Mostafa
Mari Malek as Salwa
Yasser Ali Maher as Kammal Mostafa
Ahmed Selim as Hatem Shafiq
Hania Amar as Gina
Mohamed Yousry as Momo
Slimane Dazi as Green Eyed Man
Hichem Yacoubi as Nagui
Ger Duany as Clinton




Reception


On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 55 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".




References






External links


The Nile Hilton Incident at IMDb

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Penghargaan Guldbagge ke-53
• The Nile Hilton Incident
• Fares Fares
• Tarik Saleh
• 2017 Sundance Film Festival
• Mari Malek
• Krister Linder
• Suzanne Tamim
• Valladolid International Film Festival
• Slimane Dazi
• Dive (Swedish band)