The Nile Hilton Incident
Film poster
Directed byTarik Saleh
Written byTarik Saleh
Produced byKristina Åberg
StarringFares Fares
Music byKrister Linder
Release dates
  • 21 January 2017 (2017-01-21) (Sundance)
  • 29 September 2017 (2017-09-29) (Sweden)
Running time
106 minutes
CountriesSweden
Egypt
Denmark
Germany
LanguagesArabic
Nuer/Dinka

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.[1] It was awarded the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic.[2] 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.[3] At the 53rd Guldbagge Awards, the film won five awards, including Best Film.[4]

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.[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 – a Sudanese 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 images of her clients (including Shafiq) to be used as blackmail.[8] The film also revealed that Shafiq had another mysterious guy (Slimane Dazi) kill Lalena.[9]

Cast

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.[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[11]

References

  1. ^ Erbland, Kate (30 November 2016). "Sundance 2017 Announces Competition and NEXT Lineups, Including Returning Favorites and Major Contenders". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Sundance Film Festival Awards: Global Independent Creativity Reaches New Heights". Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Institute. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ^ "En salle. "Le Caire confidentiel" : regarde les hommes de Moubarak tomber". Courrier International (in French). 4 July 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Guldbagge-vinnaren trodde inte på seger: "Chockerande"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Review: 'The Nile Hilton Incident' Puts the Noir in Cairo (Published 2017)". 10 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  6. ^ Hans, Simran (4 March 2018). "The Nile Hilton Incident review – a cracking Cairo thriller". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ^ Abele, Robert (31 August 2017). "Review: 'The Nile Hilton Incident': Crime and corruption on the eve of revolution". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  8. ^ August 10, Chris Nashawaty; EDT, 2017 at 12:13 PM. "'The Nile Hilton Incident' Plays Like an Egyptian 'Chinatown'". EW.com. Retrieved 4 August 2023.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Schager, Nick (22 January 2017). "Film Review: 'The Nile Hilton Incident'". Variety. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  10. ^ "The Nile Hilton Incident (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  11. ^ "The Nile Hilton Incident Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

External links

Tarik Saleh
Guldbagge Award for Best Film
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