I Want a Solution (Arabic: أريد حلاً, translit.Oridu hallan) is a 1975 Egyptian drama film directed by Said Marzouk and produced by Salah Zulfikar.[1] The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2] The film criticized the laws governing marriage and divorce in Egypt.[3] The film is listed in Top 100 Egyptian films list and it earned the 1975 Ministry of Culture's best producer award for Salah Zulfikar. The script was written by Husn Shah, Said Marzouk and Faten Hamama.[4] The film is inspired by a true story and it is Marzouk's third feature film.[5]
| I Want a Solution | |
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| Arabic | أريد حلا |
| Directed by | Said Marzouk |
| Written by | Husn Shah |
| Screenplay by | Said Marzouk Faten Hamama Saad El-Din Wahbah |
| Produced by | Salah Zulfikar |
| Starring | Faten Hamama Rushdy Abaza |
| Cinematography | Mustafa Imam |
| Edited by | Said El-Sheikh |
| Music by | Gamal Salama |
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Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Egyptian Arabic |
Plot edit
The film unveils the injustice of Egypt's personal status laws against women. Doria is an Egyptian woman seeking to divorce her husband Medhat who is a former diplomat with aristocratic background. In flashbacks, we learn that Medhat verbally and physically abused his wife and cheated on her. Doria requested divorce, but according to the Egyptian laws at the time, a woman can only ask for divorce in specific cases.
Crew edit
- Story: Husn Shah
- Screenwriter: Said Marzouk, Saad el-Din Wahba and Faten Hamama
- Director: Said Marzouk
- Produced by: Salah Zulfikar
- Production studio: Salah Zulfikar Films Company
- Distribution: Ihab el-Leithy Films
- Music: Gamal Salama
- Cinematographer: Mustafa Imam
- Editor: Said El-Sheikh
Cast edit
Primary cast edit
- Faten Hamama: Doria
- Rushdy Abaza: Medhat
- Amina Rizk: Hayat
- Laila Taher: Doria's friend
- Kamal Yassin: Judge
- Muhammad Al-Sabaa: Ahmed Al-Adawy - Doria's lawyer
- Ahmed Tawfik: Hassan Madkour - Medhat's lawyer
- Ragaa Hussein: Saneya
- Nadia Arslan: The Mistress
- Ali Al-Sharif: Abu Al-Wafa - Azhari Sharia lawyer
- Kamal Zulfikar: Hayat's husband
- Shawky Baraka: judge
- Ibrahim Saafan: Badawi - Ardahhalji in court
- Sayed Zayan: Darwish
- Waheed Seif: Abbas
- Osama Abbas: Pharmacist
- Ibrahim Qadri: Witness in court
- Sherif Lotfy: Raouf Azmy
Supporting cast edit
- Hesham Selim
- Suhair Sami
- Fathia Shaheen
- Naima Al Sagheer
- Laila Fahmy
- Kawthar Shafik
- Abdul Aleem Khattab
- Hussein Qandil
- Sophie Takla
- Ali Ezz El Din
- Raafat Fahim
- Mahmoud Kamel
- Radwan Hafez
- Marwan Hammad
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Annette Kuhn (1990). The Women's Companion to International Film. University of California Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-520-08879-5.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Fountain, Clarke. "Orid Hallan". New York Times. Retrieved 24 November 2006.
- ^ "I Want a Solution, Said Marzouk". Cinéma Arabe. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ "Egypt's cinematic gems: I Want a Solution". مدى مصر. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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