Directed by:
Nicolas KlotzScreenplay:
Elisabeth PercevalCinematography:
Carlo VariniComposer:
Goran BregovicPlots(1)
Somewhere, one day, a child is born, a girl. Her father, humiliated not to have an heir, decides to call her Ahmed, to bring her up as a boy to force destiny. Ahmed grows up this way, child then teenager till her father's death. Sacred Night sets her free and allows her becoming woman, "Zahra, flower between flowers, grace, child of eternity" ; Zahra then leaves her family and goes far away to another town. There she meets a fascinating man, blind, lonesome, called "The Consul". She settles at this place and becomes The "Guest". His servant, his lover... (Pyramide Distribution)
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