The Nile Hilton Incident

Name: The Nile Hilton Incident
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: August 11, 2017
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Ahmed Selim, Fares Fares, Ger Duany, Hania Amar, Hichem Yacoubi

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: August 11, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Ahmed Selim, Fares Fares, Ger Duany, Hania Amar, Hichem Yacoubi, Khaled Abdelhamed, Mari Malek, Mohamed Abdouni, Mohamed Yousry, Nael Ali, Slimane Dazi, Taher Badr, Tareq Abdalla, Yasser Ali Maher

Summary: Weeks before the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Noredin (Fares Fares), 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 breakWeeks before the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Noredin (Fares Fares), 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. [Strand Releasing]… Expand

Director: Tarik Saleh

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 106 min

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Chris Nashawaty

Aug 10, 2017

The whole thing feels a bit like an Arabic riff on "Chinatown" or "L.A. Confidential" — a neonoir with a tawdry edge where our imperfect hero will eventually be doomed. It’s not a question of if, only when he will lose. Read full review

Nick Schager

Aug 9, 2017

Like the finest noir, what springs forth from Saleh’s film is the dreary belief that the bad sleep well while the rest are left to suffer in the streets. Read full review

Empire Olly Richards

Mar 5, 2018

A story with all the qualities of a classic LA noir is given a very effective spin by transposing it to politically charged Cairo. It’s angry, frustrated and thrilling. Read full review

Robert Abele

Aug 31, 2017

As doomed as Noredin’s actions often seem, they’re tinged with enough simmering humanity to keep us caring. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Aug 9, 2017

The film may not reimagine our sense of how the ties that bind bad men are rewritten in times of war, but it nonetheless gives a casually electric sense of how hardscrabble lives persist in such times. Read full review

Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

Aug 9, 2017

The Nile Hilton Incident, despite a stylish, seedy coating, fails to even come close to the canon of greats that have influenced it. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Aug 10, 2017

The trouble with the movie — and it’s significant — is that Mr. Saleh is so keen to survey Egypt’s dysfunction that his pacing wanes. It’s possible to admire each scene and still see this film, in its entirety, as in need of some serious sharpening. Read full review

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arrivist

Oct 5, 2018

Superb from start to finish. Brilliantly written, directed and some great natural acting. The soundtrack is excellent also.

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JLuis_001

Nov 28, 2017

Fares Fares starring in a thriller full of mystery, those that I like so much and this movie has quality and a very interesting noir style and above all it's a good movie to soften the wait for the fourth installment of Department Q.

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 25, 2021

This is quite a tense and claustrophobic watch. Its the sort of film which makes you wonder what people motivations may be, or have been and it keeps you guessing. Its understandably rather grim and gritty and is a worthwhile watch overall.

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bataguila

May 14, 2019

Es buena para aprender, ver como es el cairo, y su cultura corrupta, pero la historia de policias y malos, es muy pobre.

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