The film describes the political and economical corruption in 70s’ Egypt, through the relationship between a powerful man and his wife’s ex-fiance.

Al-Zamar Hassan is on the run after he was an Engineering student and presented a play with the acting team in the Faculty that the authorities didn't like. He moves from village to village in Upper Egypt, in search of safety. He settles in the village of Araba becoming a vendor in a grocery store.

Galal sends men from the mental hospital to Port Said to arrest his sister Fatma, using his political position, accusing her of insanity. Fatma escapes to the roof of the house and threatens to throw herself if someone approaches her, telling her story to the crowds around her.

The boss at a large travel company fires Hamada, who worked there as a manager, after stealing all of his innovative ideas. Deprived of their usual income, Hamada and his wife Tutu decide to fix their financial problems in an unusual way, namely by robbing small banks, small shops and even pharmacies.

A wrongfully convicted man falls in love with his fellow inmate. They decide to get married after their release and seek revenge on a corrupt businessman.

In an attempt to rent a room whose owner only rents to girls, Zaghloul and Hassouna dress up as women. As they meet the villa's residents Nagwa and Nahed, the girls end up falling for them.

The people of the town agree to buy a plow, they collect the money and task Rajab to go to Cairo to buy it. Once he arrives, he meets the professional pickpocket Bulbul who steals the money. Rajab tries to look for the thief and recover the money at all costs.

When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison between the dead sailor and the writer's wife, and also learn that Sayed's successful fictions owed much to the inspiration of his brother Mahmoud's adventurous life. Just as the evidence against the writer seems overwhelming, Mahmoud turns up alive. But why are the twins never seen together...?

Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment.