Ahmad Rushdy Saleh

A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village with his power.

The peasants of a rural village live in a state of subjugation and injustice under the iron fist of a powerful Mayor. He decides to marry one of the village's women after losing all hope with his barren wife. He intends to force the peasant Abu El-Ela to divorce his wife, Fatma, so he can marry her.