Lorsqu'une série de cambriolages et de meurtres vise les femmes dans l'Égypte du début du XXe siècle, les soupçons se portent sur deux sœurs. D'après une histoire vraie.
Monier takes advantage of Zaghloul's naivety to take advantage of his family's financial resources to fund his gambling addiction. But he takes it one step further when he throws Zaghloul into the Nile and pretends that he couldn't save him.
Aida rejects the marriage of her son Hisham with Zouba to the social difference between them, but he clings to her. Aida pretends madness until her son succumbed to her desire.