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The Wife of an Important Man

1988 · 109 min Drama
8.0 / 10 · TMDB

Mona marries Hisham, a police officer whose decency and respectability appear beyond reproach. Yet behind this facade of an exemplary family man and servant of the law lies a different, brutal nature. Their marriage transforms into a prison where her every action is monitored, and personal freedom becomes an illusion. The film dissects the mechanisms of domestic abuse and total domination within a patriarchal system, where a husband's formal status grants unchecked authority.

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Original Title زوجة رجل مهم
Year 1988
Country Egypt
Genre Drama
Director Mohamed Khan
Runtime 109 min.
Rating TMDB: 8.0/10 (27 votes)

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This Egyptian drama unflinchingly exposes the tyranny disguised as a traditional marriage. Director Mohamed Khan builds tension not through loud confrontations, but through a mounting sense of entrapment and the husband's psychological dominance, reinforced by his professional authority.

What lingers after viewing is a stark, unmelodramatic study of how systems enable abuse within the home. The final silence resonates louder than any scream. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Mohamed Khan

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The oppressive quiet of an apartment, charged with latent threat.

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