La nuit sacrée (1993)

A rich Moroccan who belongs to the better circles has seven daughters. Whatever happens, the eighth offspring must be a son. It is a girl again, but she is given a male name, Ahmed and grows up like a boy. When Ahmed is 21, he is in an identity crisis: he wants to shave, leave a mustache and take his niece to wife. In the meantime, Ahmed's father is dying and wants to sail to heaven. He calls to Ahmed and calls her a female name Zahra and gives her freedom so that she can go out.

Released June 23, 1993 110 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: imdb.melodrama, imdb.girl-raised-as-a-boy, imdb.islamic, imdb.shaving, imdb.gender-issues, imdb.mustache, imdb.wanting-to-marry + 31 more, imdb.seventh-daughter, imdb.dying-father, imdb.deathbed-wish, imdb.incest-subtext, imdb.bath-house-owner, imdb.exotica, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.morocco, imdb.1920s, imdb.1930s, imdb.1940s, imdb.1950s, imdb.soap-opera, imdb.muslim, imdb.inheritance, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.blind-man, imdb.brother-sister-relationship, imdb.nudity, imdb.jealousy, imdb.consul, imdb.bath-house, imdb.sexual-identity, imdb.bath, imdb.female-topless-nudity, imdb.girl-raised-as-boy, imdb.daughter, soundmix.dolby, aspectratio.1-85-1