Anwar Madkour

Ismail lives in a local neighborhood, next to his fiancée and her mother who objects to their relationship because of his work in the police.

Three friends are arrested after committing an accident with their car. After finishing their sentence, they become partners with the owner of a decoration workshop. But he deceives them and spends the money in gambling. They force him to sign a waiver of his workshop but he wants to get it back.

Set against the backdrop of the 1967 Six-Day War, the movie adaptation of Naguib Mahfouz's novel follows the escapist, drug-fueled riverboat meetings of a group of frustrated Egyptians from various walks of life.

Ahmed likes Fatima, and feelings of love grow between the two, imagining that they are from noble families. A love story develops, and Ahmed asks Fatima to marry him. After the wedding, they have a son named Samir. One day, Fatima goes to visit Suad at her home, but the police raid the place because it is suspicious. Fatima is arrested, and her life is turned upside down.

Ismail Yassin is in desperate need for money. He borrows from the wrong people, get framed for murder and goes to prison.

Four girlfriends each one suffers from a problem: one is a Kleptomaniac, another is obsessed with fame and the other two are so emotionally deprived that they have started to hate men. The four of them fall in the hands of three young men who are crippled by self-hatred.

Mamdouh, Kamel and Fathi are three friends who work in one company. Kamel and Fathi are married and Mamdouh is a bachelor who rents a float for his pleasures. Kamel and Fathi visit his apartment to escape from their wives. Naima steals the jewelry of her employer, who chases her, so Naima gets into Mamdouh's car. Mamdouh takes Naima to the his place imagining he will spend a pleasant time with her, but the police arrives and arrests everyone.

Aziza and her husband Abdullah are both day laborers who work on various farms. When Aziza is brutally raped by a guard while she is picking potatoes in a field, she tries to hide the pregnancy and plans to kill the baby once it is born.