Close to the Sultan
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- Javier Rebollo
- Luis Bértolo
- Félix Moati
- Pilar López de Ayala
- Ilies Kadri
- Jan Budař
- Farouk Saïdi
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| French | Dans la chambre du sultan |
| Directed by | Javier Rebollo |
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| Cinematography | Santiago Racaj |
| Edited by | Marine de Contes |
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| Distributed by | Sideral Cinema (es) |
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Close to the Sultan (French: Dans la chambre du sultan; Spanish: En la alcoba del sultán) is a 2024 comedy-drama film directed by Javier Rebollo starring Félix Moati, Pilar López de Ayala, Ilies Kadri, Jan Budař, and Farouk Saïdi. It is a French-Spanish co-production.
The plot follows Lumière Brothers collaborator Gabriel Veyre as he ventures into the land of Nour in 1901 in order to introduce the cinematograph to the sultan.[1]
Cast
- Félix Moati as Gabriel Veyre[2]
- Pilar López de Ayala as Juanita / Jeanne[3]
- Farouk Saïdi as Abraham[3]
- Ilies Kadri as the Venerable Sultan[3]
- Jan Budař as caïd MacLean[3]
Production
Close to the Sultan is a French-Spanish co-production by Paraíso Production, Sideral, Eddie Saeta and Noodles Productions and it had the collaboration of CNC, ICAA, ICEC, Eurimages and the backing of Creative Europe MEDIA.[4]
Release
The film premiered at the Toulouse Spanish Film Festival (Cinespaña) on 7 October 2024.[5] It also made it to the main competition of the 69th Valladolid International Film Festival (for its Spanish premiere).[2] Distributed by Sideral Cinema,[6] it was released theatrically in Spain on 15 November 2024.[1]
Reception
Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País deemed the film to be "a delicate and stimulating oddity within the Spanish film scene".[7]
Rubén Romero Santos of Cinemanía rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, declaring Rebollo's return "a celebration of the joy of storytelling, in any format and in any situation".[6]
Eulàlia Iglesias of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, singling out the recovery for cinema of López de Ayala as the best thing about the film.[1]