Fathi Mahjoub (Magdy Kamel) has been a student at the Faculty of Arts for 9 years. He lives in a working-class neighborhood in Tanta with his father Mahjoub (Sabry Abdel Moneim), a bakery owner suffering from a business slump, his mother Amina (Aida Reyad), and his sister Fatima (Rasha El Khatib). Fathi holds cultural and political seminars for the alley's residents at the local café, and blackmails his neighbor and friend, the mechanic Khairy (Soliman Eid), who wants to marry his sister Fatima, deluding him into believing he will convince his father to agree. Sahar Reda Zahran (Inas El Naggar) has graduated from university, is pursuing her master's degree, and lives with her mother Farida (Nihal Anbar) and her stepfather Hussein (Saeed Sadeq), who manages the company and the estate Sahar inherited from her father. Sahar does not feel comfortable with her stepfather Hussein, who brings her a new suitor every day to get rid of her. When Sahar travels to check on their estate near Tanta, she meets Fathi by chance and they develop a mutual attraction. She promises to find him a job upon his graduation from university at the international trading company managed by her stepfather Hussein, but Fathi refuses to be helped by a woman. Fathi graduates from university, his sister Fatima marries the mechanic Khairy, and Fathi travels to Cairo in search of work, renting a rooftop room in the house of his fellow townsman Sayed Abu Rakeeba (Fathi Saad). Rateeba (Shaimaa Saif) takes care of his food, drink, and comfort, hoping to marry him. However, Fathi fails to find work due to rampant unemployment among university graduates, and is forced to work as a café assistant, but the café owner (Abdel Hamid Sanad) fires him after he reports customers smoking drugs at the café to the police. Fathi is forced to contact Sahar to find him a job at her company. "Uncle" Hussein welcomes him warmly, takes advantage of his financial situation, and enlists him in his illicit operations—such as antiquities smuggling and black-market currency trading—providing him with an apartment, a car, and lavish sums of money, which Fathi showers on his family. He does not forget his fellow townsman Abu Rakeeba, repaying him for what he had previously spent on him, and wishing Rateeba a good husband. He also invites his brother-in-law Khairy to work with him in Cairo after times become tough for him in Tanta. When Khairy learns of the illegal nature of the work, he returns to Tanta and informs his father-in-law, Uncle Mahjoub, of his son Fathi's corruption. Manager Hussein introduces Fathi to Lebanese businesswoman Iman (Mai Saleh), who invites him to work with her at the highest level, revealing to him that her real name is Rachel, that she is Jewish and works for the Mossad, and promising him a fortune. However, Fathi refuses to betray his country and reports her to Egyptian Intelligence, which arrests Rachel and Hussein. Sahar confesses her true feelings to Fathi, who reciprocates, and both disregard the social disparity between them. (Abu Al-Oreif)
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