Desire and Price

At a glance

Desire and Price, is a 1978 Egyptian movie, directed by Youssef Shaaban Mohamed, and starring Salah Zulfikar, Nahed Sherif, Shoukry Sarhan. with a runtime of 90 minutes.

Overview

Desire and Price is an Egyptian crime drama that opens with a murder in a boarding house and quickly draws the audience into a web of secrets and suspicion. The victim is found clutching a letter promising ten thousand pounds to an unnamed woman with whom he shared a clandestine relationship — a woman, the letter hints, who is married and whom he urged to seek a quick divorce. As the police investigate, they discover that every woman in the boarding house is married and accompanied by her husband. With no shortage of suspects and a compelling mystery at its center, the film is a tightly constructed whodunit that keeps audiences guessing until the end.

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