Lovers of the Nile

Lovers of the Nile

2002 · 87 min · ★ 6.7 · Adventure, Romance

During the Second World War, in 1943, Anne Frendo, a young dreamer and artist, living alone with her father in Tunisia, discovers, by chance, the lifeless body of a French soldier, parachuted in. At the invitation of her aunt, Sophie Frendo, an Egyptologist, she sets out on a journey that leads her to Sfax, Egypt, taking with her a letter that the soldier had begun to write, and which seems to be intended for her.

Directed by Éric Heumann · Written by Éric Heumann

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