It is impossible to live between Doria and her diplomatic husband, Medhat, who asks him for a divorce, but he refuses. She is forced to go to court and file a divorce. Doria falls into the maze of the courts and is exposed to a series of problems and obstacles that undermine her dignity. Things get complicated when the husband comes with false witnesses testifying against her in secret. She loses her case after more than four years.
Acting
Faten Hamama's restrained unraveling — every silence screams.
Direction
Marzouk turns court corridors into psychological horror spaces.
Director
Saeed Marzouk
Faten Hamama
دريّة عزمي
Rushdy Abaza
مدحت سيف النصر
Amina Rizk
حياة
Laila Taher
صديقة درية
Kamal Yasseen
القاضي
Ahmed Tawfiq
حسن مدكور - محامي مدحت
Ragaa Hussein
سنيّة
Fatheia Shahin
Ali Al Sharif
أنور أبو الوفا المحامي
Mohamed El-Sabaa
أحمد العدوي - محامي دريّة
Sohair Samy
Nadia Arslan
العشيقة
Abdelalim Khattab
Hussein Kandil
Shawky Baraka
القاضي
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This directly triggered Egypt's 1979 personal status law reforms — rare case where cinema bent legislation.
Hamama and Abaza were real-life ex-spouses; their divorce finalized months before filming. Method casting or cosmic revenge?
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