Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
The film tells the story of the life of Ambed Arab literature Taha Hussein since his childhood in one of the villages of Minya, where he was able to overcome all difficulties despite being blind to leave his mark on literature, cultural scene and the educational system.
Ahmed and Nawal's half-brother (Hussein) steals Ahmed's money to spend on the dancer (Dusa). Nawal pawns jewelry with (Umm Jaber), the moneylender, in order to give (Hussein) the money. Ahmed goes to retrieve Nawal's jewelry, and at the same time, Hussein kills Umm Jaber. Ahmed runs away from the house in panic. Nima sees him leaving and thinks he is the killer. As she goes down to catch him, she falls and loses her sight. Ahmed feels guilty, so he marries her.
Set in 1881, a year before the start of British colonial rule, it is based on the true story of the Abd el-Rasuls, an Upper-Egyptian clan that had been robbing a cache of mummies they have discovered at tomb DB320 near the village of Kurna, and selling the artifacts on the black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members made a crucial decision when the Antiquities Service arrived.
A difficult period in Egypt in the year 1947, when the villages of Egypt attacked cholera. A doctor (Shukri), who tried to serve the villagers to save them from poverty and hunger, is appointed in a village. (Adel Bey) The feudal lord of the village exploits its people to work on his land as forced labor and whoever objects to hand him over to a mental hospital, taking advantage of his influence.
A young man discovers that his fiancée goes to a gang that kills women and steals their jewelry. He gets scared and calls the police after he accidentally goes to their house.
One of the office boys in a company succeeds in finding a job for his newly graduated son at his employer. But the son is ashamed of his father's job. He meets a dancer, and marries her despite his father's opposition, causing a surprise to change the course of events.
In Alexandria a terrifying phenomenon of the disappearance of women, spreads terror in the city. Police work to unravel its secrets. Officer Ahmed is preparing a plan to uncover who's behind it and it turns out to be the gang of Raya and Sakina, who were targeting women to steal their jewelry.
Laila is an abandoned girl who was raised in an orphanage. She works as a nurse, but her colleagues plot to expel her from the hospital. She meets a wealthy young man who wants to marry her, but his father refuses after he learns her secret. She tries to find her real parents.
In a light comedy, the film revolves around a couple whose lives change from happiness to daily suffocation and conflict permanently.If the wife dies, the husband decides to marry her friend, and the wife's ghost gets angry.He continues to chase the couple to calm down when she discovers that the new wife loves her daughter and submerges her with affection.
Jalal lives with Hoda's father and the two children become attached, but fate does not give them time to grow up. Hoda's father, Esmat, dies, leaving them under the control of an evil, unjust man, Shaheen, who seizes Hoda's wealth and they live a harsh life with him until they grow up and decide to escape, but Shaheen chases them with one of his men and Jalal is shot, but he advises Hoda to escape.
Laila lives in the Sayeda Zeinab district. A woman invites her to her palace and introduces her to her fiancé, the young officer Wahid, as the daughter of Pasha Darwish Pasha. Laila is amazed by the palace and the party held there. After a while, Laila turns into a wealthy girl. Wahid's heart falls for Laila. Wahid proposes to Laila from her alleged father, Darwish Pasha, but he discovers her true identity.