73SSIFF - 19/27 September 2025
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En la alcoba del sultán / Close to the Sultan

Javier Rebollo
Spain - France - Tunisia      98 m.
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"The Venerable Sultan of the Land of Nour is looking for a person to introduce him to the mysteries of the camera obscura and the cinematograph". 1901, during a country outing, the famous camera operator for the Lumière brothers, Gabriel Veyre, reads this advert in a newspaper and two weeks later sets foot in the Land of Nour to introduce the Venerable Sultan to the cinematograph technique. Science and magic, love, humour and phantoms.

Director
Javier Rebollo (Spain)
Screenplay
Javier Rebollo, Luis Bértolo
Co-Production
Elamedia SL (Spain)
Roberto Butragueño
Eddie Saeta (Spain)
Luis Miñarro
Paraiso Production (France)
Nathalie Trafford
Sales
Sideral Cinema (Spain)
Distribution
Sideral Cinema (Spain)
Photography
Santiago Racaj
Editing
Marine de Contes
Sound
Grégory Le Maître
Cast
Pilar López De Ayala, Félix Moati
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Run time
98 m.
Original language of the film
Arabic , English , French
Country
Spain - France - Tunisia
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