I Want This Man

I Want This Man

1972 · 25 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

A woman who believes that there’s nothing wrong with the idea of ​​a woman proposing to a man, goes to a lawyer and tries to convince him of this idea and asks to marry him

Directed by Henry Barakat · Written by Tawfiq Al-Hakim

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