The commandment

At a glance

The commandment, is a 2003 Saudi movie, directed by Hakim Noury, and starring Noufissa Doukkali, Loubna Rochd, Rachid Daouani. with a runtime of 84 minutes.

Overview

Al-Wasiyya (The Commandment) is an Arab drama film examining the fractures that money and debt can open within a family. When one of her sons pressures a mother to sell the family's ancestral home to pay off his debts, she flatly refuses — bound by the dying wish of her late husband, who made her promise to protect the house above all else. The film unfolds as a taut emotional tug-of-war between a son's financial desperation and a mother's unshakeable loyalty to her husband's memory. At its core, it is a meditation on inheritance, duty, and the quiet dignity of keeping one's word.

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