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The Marital Dwelling, is a 1954 Egyptian movie, directed by Youssef Wahby, and starring Youssef Wahby, Ismail Yasseen, Huda Sultan. with a runtime of 100 minutes.
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The Marital Dwelling is an Egyptian social drama film that confronts one of the most controversial legal and social mechanisms in Egyptian history — the "house of obedience" law. The film centers on a couple whose initial love gives way to escalating conflict, eventually driving them to court. When the judicial ruling favors the husband, his wife is legally bound by the doctrine of marital obedience, placing her under his authority. The husband then proceeds to exercise what he regards as his right to discipline her. The film raises urgent and uncomfortable questions about justice, gender, and the limits of legal authority within Egyptian family law, offering a critical dramatic lens on a deeply contested social institution.
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