Ethics for Sale

Ethics for Sale

1950 · 105 min · Drama, Comedy

A fantastical story about a husband who is troubled by mother-in-law, until he meets a man who sells morals in the form of powders. As he buys the powder of courage to face his bossy mother-in-law, his life changes and he returns again to the seller asking for a new moral.

Directed by Mahmoud Zulfiqar · Written by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary

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