''The Nile Hilton Incident'' ( ar, حادث النيل هيلتون ''Hadith Alnayl Hiylton'') is a 2017 Swedish

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directed by

Tarik Saleh Tarik Saleh ( ar, طارق صالح; born 28 January 1972) is a Swedish television producer, animator, publisher, journalist and film director. He was born in Högalids församling, Stockholm to a Swedish mother and an Egyptian father. In th ...

. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the

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. It was awarded the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic. The film discusses the corruption of Egyptian police before the

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. The plot is inspired by the murder of the Lebanese Arab singer Suzanne Tamim in

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in 2008. At the

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, the film won five awards, including

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Cast

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as Noredin Mostafa * Mari Malek as Salwa * Yasser Ali Maher as Kammal Mostafa * Ahmed Selim as Hatem Shafiq * as Gina * Mohamed Yousry as Momo *

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as Green Eyed Man *

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as Nagui *

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as Clinton

Reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 55 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10. On

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, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nile Hilton Incident, The 2017 films 2017 crime thriller films 2010s Swedish films 2010s Arabic-language films Swedish crime thriller films Best Film Guldbagge Award winners Films directed by Tarik Saleh Films set in 2011 Films set in Cairo Films about murder Films about police corruption