I Want a Solution
I Want a Solution (, translit.Oridu hallan) is a 1975 Egyptian drama film directed by Said Marzouk and produced by Salah Zulfikar. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film criticized the laws governing marriage and divorce in Egypt. The film is listed in Top 100 Egyptian films list and it earned the 1975 Ministry of Culture's best producer award for Salah Zulfikar. The script was written by Husn Shah, Said Marzouk and Faten Hamama. The film is inspired by a true story and it is Marzouk's third feature film.

Plot
The film unveils the injustice of Egypt's personal status laws against women. Doria is an Egyptian woman seeking to divorce her husband Medhat who is a former diplomat with aristocratic background. In flashbacks, we learn that Medhat verbally and physically abused his wife and cheated on her. Doria requested divorce, but according to the Egyptian laws at the time, a woman can only ask for divorce in specific cases.

Crew 
 Story: Husn Shah
 Screenwriter: Said Marzouk, Saad el-Din Wahba and Faten Hamama
 Director: Said Marzouk
 Produced by: Salah Zulfikar
 Production studio: Salah Zulfikar Films Company
 Distribution: Ihab el-Leithy Films
 Music: Gamal Salama
 Cinematographer: Mustafa Imam
 Editor: Said El-Sheikh

Cast

Primary cast

 Faten Hamama: Doria
 Rushdy Abaza: Medhat
 Amina Rizk: Hayat
 Laila Taher: Doria's friend
 Kamal Yassin: Judge
 Muhammad Al-Sabaa: Ahmed Al-Adawy - Doria's lawyer
 Ahmed Tawfik: Hassan Madkour - Medhat's lawyer
 Ragaa Hussein: Saneya
 Nadia Arslan: The Mistress
 Ali Al-Sharif: Abu Al-Wafa - Azhari Sharia lawyer
 Kamal Zulfikar: Hayat's husband
 Shawky Baraka: judge
 Ibrahim Saafan: Badawi - Ardahhalji in court
 Sayed Zayan: Darwish
 Waheed Seif: Abbas
 Osama Abbas: Pharmacist
 Ibrahim Qadri: Witness in court
 Sherif Lotfy: Raouf Azmy

Supporting cast
 Hesham Selim
 Suhair Sami
 Fathia Shaheen
 Naima Al Sagheer
 Laila Fahmy
 Kawthar Shafik
 Abdul Aleem Khattab
 Hussein Qandil
 Sophie Takla
 Ali Ezz El Din
 Raafat Fahim
 Mahmoud Kamel
 Radwan Hafez
 Marwan Hammad

See also
 Egyptian cinema
 Salah Zulfikar filmography
 List of Egyptian films of 1975
 List of Egyptian films of the 1970s
 List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
 List of submissions to the 48th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links
 

1975 films
1975 drama films
Egyptian drama films
1970s Arabic-language films