Shahd (Rania Youssef) is a wealthy businesswoman who inherited companies, factories, and farmlands across entire villages and estates from her grandfather, employing over 150,000 workers. She is married to an artist named Hassan (Ramy Waheed), while her business is managed by Farid (Samy Abdel Halim), who is married to Ola (Abeer Sabry). Shahd hosts a midnight party at one of her secluded villas, inviting close friends and some of her employees. She makes sure to invite each guest individually, making each feel as if they are the sole invitee, sending a car to fetch each from home. Upon arrival, each guest is surprised to see their spouse there, entirely unaware of the occasion. She uses mobile signal jammers and security cameras at the gathering, backed by heavily armed village watchmen. Once all guests arrive, the doors are locked from the inside with the armed guards stationed within. Relationships among the party guests become intertwined and fraught with tension. Among them is Rasha (Dorra Zarrouk), a wealthy businesswoman who owns multiple companies and stock portfolios, constantly seeking more wealth; she is married to the opportunistic Medhat (Ahmed Wafeek), who serves as her security director and is subservient to her. Also present is Hany (Edward), a weak-willed financial manager working for Shahd, married to Dalia (Hanan Motawie), who cares only about fulfilling her demands. Hany was once Rasha's old flame, but they never married, and Rasha uses him to uncover Shahd's business secrets. Farid, the elderly manager of all of Shahd's affairs, is married to Ola, who is much younger than him and only after his money. Farid also manipulates Walid (Omar Hassan Youssef), a young drug addict, keeping him under his thumb; despite knowing about his wife Ola's affair with Walid, Farid turns a blind eye. Noha (Mona Hala), Farid's younger sister, was in love with engineer Kamal (Mohamed Gomaa), whose development project for the village was blocked by Farid to maintain total control. Kamal was subsequently shot dead, and the head watchman was accused of the crime due to a land dispute, even though neither owned any land. Following Kamal's death, Noha spiraled into alcoholism. Shahd enlists one of the guards, Oweis (Sayed Abdel Khaleq), showering him with money to secure his obedience, and also relies on Hamdy (Hamdy Heikal), the son of the former head watchman who was executed for Kamal's murder. The motive behind the party was a CD that Shahd received, revealing her husband Hassan's infidelity with her closest friend, whose features were indistinct in the footage. Desperate to uncover the traitor, when Hassan protests, Shahd shoots and kills him, threatening to kill everyone unless the truth comes out. The gathering erupts into chaos, exposing secrets. When suspicion falls on Rasha, her submissive husband revolts after enduring constant belittlement, exposing her scheming nature; Rasha shoots and kills him, but before dying, he confesses that Farid knows Kamal's real killer. This matters deeply to Noha, as well as to head guard Hamdy, whose father was wrongfully executed and who seeks revenge. Suspicion shifts heavily onto Farid, who resented building Shahd's fortune while enduring his wife's infidelity and his sister Noha's foolish love for Kamal. Ola then confesses that they instructed her to wear specific clothes and filmed her from behind for the CD to trick Shahd into believing her husband cheated on her, aiming to get rid of him because he had started warning Shahd about Farid's schemes to seize her fortune. Hassan then re-emerges, and everyone discovers he is alive and that the bullets were blanks. After these revelations lay bare everyone's true colors, another conflict erupts: an armed uprising rooted in a class struggle between the poor and the rich. The poor peasants feel that the lavish food served at the party could feed their village for a week, and that the guests' expensive clothes could clothe their daughters for years. Complications mount, and Rasha realizes Shahd must be eliminated. She conspires with Farid, Walid, and guard Oweis to kill her. Watchman Hamdy refuses to join the armed cabal, which attempts to gun down the other guests. The guests return fire, resulting in the deaths of Oweis, Rasha, Farid, and Walid, while the remaining guests survive. (Midnight Party)
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
