Movie · Drama · Thriller

Based on a true story, Sundance Award winner THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT is a political crime thriller that plays “like an Arabic riff on Chinatown or L.A. Confidential” (Entertainment Weekly). Weeks before the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Noredin, a police officer in Cairo’s corrupt system, investigates the murder of a famous club singer at the Nile Hilton Hotel. What initially seems to be a crime of passion turns into something that concerns the very power elite of Egypt. Upon realizing this, Noredin decides to break the rules in order to obtain justice, colliding not only with the system but also with himself.

2017 · 1h 47m
  • 91%
Director Tarik Saleh

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The Nile Hilton Incident

Drama

Based on a true story, Sundance Award winner THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT is a political crime thriller that plays “like an Arabic riff on Chinatown or L.A. Confidential” (Entertainment Weekly). Weeks before the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Noredin, a police officer in Cairo’s corrupt system, investigates the murder of a famous club singer at the Nile Hilton Hotel. What initially seems to be a crime of passion turns into something that concerns the very power elite of Egypt. Upon realizing this, Noredin decides to break the rules in order to obtain justice, colliding not only with the system but also with himself.

TOMATOMETER
Average 7
Reviews 54
Fresh 49
Rotten 5

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Studio
Atmo Production
Released
2017
Run Time
1 hr 47 min
Rated
K14
Content Advisories
Language, Smoking or Tobacco Use, Criminal Activity, Nudity, Drugs or Drug Use, Violence, Sexual Content
Regions of Origin
Sweden, Morocco, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, France
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Languages

Original Audio
Arabic, Arabic (Egypt)
Audio

Arabic (AAC)

Subtitles

English , Dutch , French (France) , German , Portuguese , Spanish (Latin America) , Turkish