Product Description

Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 07/15/2003 Run time: 104 minutes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36393 in DVD
• Brand: Lions Gate
• Released on: 2003-07-15
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 104 minutes

Customer Reviews

A true story with more imagination than Hollywood has
Based on a true story, this intrigueing story has no biased axe to grind. A French girl taken captive by pirates and sold to the Sultan of the Ottoman empire eventually becomes his willing favorate. Her own infant son is murdered by another of the Sultan's wives who wants her own son to take the throne. The French girl outwits her rivals and ultimately plays a great part in the destiny of Turkey. Don't confuse this movie with the other movie of the same title. It is unfortunate that more people can't see this one. It's not sex trach.

Catholic School to Harem
This is based on a true story. Aimee was from Matineque; her uncle was sending her to a catholic school in France. She is caught kissing a young soldier in the study at a ball, and is put on a boat back to Martineque. Pirates take over the ship and she is sold into slavery. Being a virgin, she was worth her weight in gold. She is bought by the Ottoman Harem. She is chosen to be the sultan's wife, but she isn't willing to sleep with an old man that she isn't in love with. She does give in and she falls in love with Abdul. Sineperver (his 1st wife) is very jealous. Aimee has a son and Sineperver has him strangled while they are sleeping. Abdul has another son (which he brings to her bedside) who's mother died at birth. Aimee was asked to be his mother, and from that moment on she was. Abdul dies and Selim takes over as sultan. The Genecaries hate him and kill him. Thus making Mustafa (Sineperver's son) the new sultan. Aimee kills Mustafa with a daggar that Sineperver had given to her years before, to kill herself with. Now her son was sultan. This true story has excitement, love, passion, and the true meaning of being a family.

Delightful, even through the script
It's a movie about love and power and the politics in a world different from today's. It is based on a true story of a French school girl that became a powerful woman in Turkey. She goes from unwilling slave, to lover, to mother. There is heart break, hope and death. It's a movie to watch only if you aren't a stickler for accuracy. I'll admit the acting is somewhat terrible, and the script wasn't the best, but this isn't a movie about sex and acting. This movie was made in the late 80's and people need to remember that when watching it. If you were looking for a movie with sex, this is NOT it.