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Arabian Nights

Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! 2008 / Nuits d'Arabie / Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria 2007

A Luxembourg man’s obsession with an Algerian woman leads to tragedy in tightly structured European co-production Arabian Nights, whose underlying theme deals with Westerners’ misconceptions of the Arab world. Boasting fine perfs and production values to match.

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Synopsis

A Luxembourg man’s obsession with an Algerian woman leads to tragedy in Arabian Nights, whose underlying theme deals with Westerners’ misconceptions of the Arab world. When handsome young train conductor Georges (Jules Werner) first meets Yamina (Sabrina Ouazani) en route from Luxembourg City to Bettembourg, she’s just a passenger whose ticket he needs to inspect. But the next day, she’s aboard the train again, on the run from mysterious assailants. Yamina refuses to go to the police, so kindly Georges offers her a hiding place in his holiday cabin. As she shares her story, his compassion grows into fascination, friendship and maybe even love. For naive Georges, Yamina reps an exciting – and exotic – distraction in his well-ordered life. When she suddenly disappears, Georges determines to find her at any cost, discovering along the way that neither she nor Algeria is anything like what he expected.

About the film

110 min / Color, 35 mm

Director Paul Kieffer / Screenplay Paul Kieffer, Philippe Blasband / Dir. of Photography Jean-Louis Sonzogni / Music Jeannot Sanavia / Editor Thierry Faber / Producer Claude Waringo / Production Samsa Film / Cast Jules Werner, Sabrina Ouazani / Contact Samsa Film, Insomnia World Sales
www: www.nuitsdarabie.lu

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Samsa Film
Rue de Luxembourg, 238 C, L-8077, Bertrange
Luxembourg
Phone: +352 45 19 60
Fax: +352 44 24 29
E-mail: [email protected]

Insomnia World Sales
50 bis rue de la Mare, 75020, Paris
France
Phone: +33 1 435 808 04
Fax: +33 1 435 809 32
E-mail: [email protected]

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