Shehab (Ahmed Haroun) and Hasouka (Mourad Fekry) were street children working as pickpockets for the gang of Boss Sanbati (Mostafa Darwish). Later striking out on their own, Shehab eventually became a prominent businessman after amassing his fortune through illegal ventures and thuggery, running a gang to seize land with Hasouka as his right-hand man. Shehab then met corrupt bank manager Sherif (Mostafa Amer), who helped him take out unsecured loans, plunging him into heavy debt. Shehab proposed to Sherif's sister Eman (Basma El Gheitany), who was already romantically involved with a colleague; however, Sherif convinced their father to approve Shehab because he was financially ready. Forced into the marriage, Eman gave birth to a daughter, Jana (Jenar), to whom Shehab was deeply attached. Yet Eman carried on her affair with her former lover. When Shehab confirmed her infidelity, he assaulted her, prompting her to file for a khul' divorce, which was granted along with custody of Jana. In response, Shehab placed a corpse in his car and torched it to fake his death. He bribed maid Aziza (Nadia Al-Iraqia) to swap his ex-wife Eman's tranquilizers for hallucinogens, and began haunting her like a ghost until her nerves were wrecked. He also conspired with his daughter Jana to put on an act claiming she could see her late father. When Jana's French teacher upset her, Shehab murdered the teacher. Pushed beyond her limits, Eman attempted suicide with a kitchen knife; when her sister-in-law Samia (Rehab Rasmy) tried to rescue her and disarm her, the knife plunged into Samia's chest, landing Eman in a psychiatric hospital. Meanwhile, when his friend Randa (Shaimaa El Sayyad) discovered his loan dealings with Sherif, Shehab killed her too. Later, when Jana was examined by psychiatrist Taher Badr, the doctor realized Shehab was still alive and tried to blackmail him, only for Shehab to kill him as well. Shehab then entrusted Jana to driver Sayed El Afsh (Fathy Saad), but Hasouka murdered Sayed and kidnapped Jana to lure Shehab into a deadly ambush and take over the gang. Nevertheless, Shehab showed up, slaughtered Hasouka, and saved his daughter. He subsequently visited the asylum to confess to his ex-wife that he orchestrated her institutionalization with the help of Aziza and Jana. At that very moment, Chief of Detectives Amr (Ashraf Tolba) arrested him, revealing he had been trailing him since the murder of the French teacher. Shehab was put on trial and executed, bank manager Sherif was arrested and imprisoned, while Eman remained in the asylum. (Black Heart)
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