A solution that pleases all

A solution that pleases all

1986 · 96 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

It talks about a wife who seeks to keep her deceased son of her husband away from home, so that she can live alone and bring her daughter to live with her, while the son seeks to be alone in the apartment so that he can marry, they think of the only solution is for the son to marry the daughter and live in the apartment, to escalate events.

Directed by Elweya Zaki · Written by Ihsan Kamal

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