April Fool

April Fool

1954 · 110 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Drama

Ismail wants to grab his wife's Turkish money, claiming that he has the children of a former wife who died, and that he can not spend on them, but Ismail does not realize that this little lie has left him in an endless series of lies, Of each lie with a greater lie, and every time the wife deals with him in good faith.

Directed by Mohamed Abdel Gawad · Written by Badiea Khairy

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