This concise masterpiece began as a commission by French TV for the news series Envoyé spécial. By filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transformed this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.
Nubi, a wealthy man with Communist ties, sets out to find his half-brother Gamal, who has been disowned for being gay, to let him inherit his father's fortune. In the process, Nubi is supposed to kill Gamal's stepmother Raifa, a suspected drug dealer, before she can kill his half-brother.
In 1968, the university doctor (Hussein) and his wife (Mona) are arrested. The wife dies in prison due to severe torture. Dr. Hussein is subjected to ill-treatment inside the prison, and after a while he is released and released from prison, but he refuses to return to his previous work or any other profession. He meets the dancer (Eka), who takes him to a new and different direction in his life.
After being severely injured, Nada the show star looks for a new replacement to be the heroine of the band instead of her. She accidentally sees Hasana dancing in one of the carnivals and decides to train her, while the girl who was the candidate to be the heroine tries to get rid of her.
Anti-Narcotics Police Captain Nadia Azmi tries to prove her ability to work as efficiently as her male colleagues. One of her colleagues has problems with his teenage son and the captain tries to help him.