Sonia and Karine Hamlet, two sisters living with their mother in the suburbs of Paris, are allowed to go night clubbing in the big city for the very first time. Thomas, a friend, drives them there. Thomas takes ill in the night club and is taken to hospital. The two girls find themselves stranded in Paris, at night, without any money and unable to contact their mother, whose phone line has been cut off. An old Algerian man notices their distress… A film by Abdelkrim Bahloul About the film The city, the night, watchful eyes and chance encounters... Two young girls lost in Paris after dark... A man wants to help them but he makes them scared… During the night, a father-daughter relationship is established between the two sisters and this man. He doesn't seem to have a family. The girls barely knew their dad. The girls give this lonely man some happiness by making him feel like a father for a couple of hours. In return, he helps them discover themselves. The night and Paris as the time and place of their meeting and their respective self-discoveries: this is what "The Hamlet Sisters" is about. (Abdelkrim Bahloul - excerpt from press kit) Director : - Abdelkrim Bahloul Actors : - Emilie Altmayer - Bérénice Béjo - Mouloud Tadjer - Colette Nucci - Boris Terral Scriptwriters : - Abdelkrim Bahloul - Neïla Chekkat French Distributor : - Amel Lacombe Director of Photography : - George Lechaptois Sound Mixer : - Paulo De Jesus Music Composer : - Safy Boutella Film Editors : - Pierre Didier News agency (France) - Claude Davy & Emmanuel Egretier (ex-DDD Conseil) ________________________________________ Associate Production Company : - Films sur la Place (Les) Associate Producer : - Djafar Djaafari Production Manager : - Stéphane Perazzi French Distribution : - Eurozoom International film export/distribution : - Mercure Distribution Press Attaché (Film) : - Claude Davy & Emmanuel Egretier (ex-DDD Conseil) ________________________________________ Feature film, Fiction Language(s) : - French Country : - 100% French (FRANCE) Production year : - 1998 French release: : - 18/02/1998 Running time : - 90 min CNC Visa Number : - 87.258 CNC Visa issued on : - 29/10/1997 Approval : - Oui Color : - Couleur Production format : - 35 mm Screening format : - 35 mm Frame : - 1,66 FESTIVALS / PRIX / AWARDS / TELEVISIONS 3rd Biennale des Cinémas Arabes - Paris 1996. > CEE Prize 17th Valence Mediterranean international film festival - Spain 1996. > Grand prize Festival Vues d'Afrique - Montréal 1997. > Grand prize