Moatasem, Ramy, Hany, and Yasser "El-Goob" are underachieving high school students rounded up by Principal Fathi (Ghassan Matar) for punishment, after which they become a tight-knit clique. They hang out in front of the kiosk of Rashad (Saad El Soghayar), who tolerates them because of his love for Simone (Noreen Ahmed), the sister of Moatasem (Ali Ismail). Moatasem is the son of the corrupt Undersecretary of Agriculture, Zein (Talaat Zakaria), who is involved with the Israeli Amos (Hossam Kamal). Ramy (Ahmed Malek) had been left by his father Kamal (Khaled Sarhan) and mother Bothaina (Ayat Magdy) at the age of two in the care of his paternal grandmother (Sanaa Fouad), as they traveled to the Gulf on a 15-year secondment. Upon their return, they discovered the grandmother had married her former flame, so they moved into a new apartment, leaving it unfurnished for fear of being trampled by private tutoring students. As for Hany (Mark Haggar), his father Abdel Wahab (Sherif Ramzy) was only nine years old when he married his 24-year-old cousin Fidaa (Gihan Anwar) to keep the land in the family; he fathered Hany and they used to go to school together, but when Fidaa left on a secondment to the Gulf, Abdel Wahab's morals slipped and he became a womanizer. Yasser (Khaled Anwar)'s mother (Maysara) worked as a hairdresser; his older brother Hossam (Hossam El Husseiny) objected to her work, grew a beard, traveled to Yemen, and joined Al-Qaeda, and when he was expelled from the organization, he returned to Egypt and founded a group, becoming its emir under the alias "Abu Sakhr". The clique sees Nesma (Laila Fawzy), the principal's daughter; Ramy falls for her and refuses to believe Rashad when told she is easy and involved with wealthy men. Ramy takes advantage of her cousin Hamada (Tarek Essam) being hospitalized for coccyx surgery to visit him and see Nesma. Since El-Goob was kicked out by his mother and stayed with his friend Tarek Beida (Baher El Shafei)—who deals drugs and hides them in chocolate boxes—Tarek gives Ramy a box containing the clique's names, unaware of the drugs inside. At the hospital, Assistant Minister Ar'ar (Bayoumi Fouad), Hamada's uncle, borrows the chocolate box from Hamada's mother, Sawsan (Badria Tolba), to offer treats to visitors in his office. Tarek alerts the boys to the drugs inside, and they try to retrieve the box by sneaking into Ar'ar's office, aided by Rashad through Warrant Officer Saeed (Ahmed Adel). Just then, the Minister (Hassan Hosny) enters unexpectedly, a gunshot accidentally goes off, and everyone assumes it was an assassination attempt on the Minister. The clique flees with the drugs and disposes of them. Abu Sakhr's militant group spots them and mistakes them for a rival gang, while the drug owner, Bulldozer (Ayman Kandeel), demands payment for his stash. Ramy sells his father's car, and El-Goob turns to Om Gihan (Amira Farah), the doorkeeper of their building, after tricking schoolboys into believing she is a prostitute, collecting substantial sums from them; however, Hany's father finds the cash and squanders it on women. The clique reports Bulldozer to the police, and the officer asks them to participate in a police lineup. However, Bashendy (Obeida Abu Al-Ward), the doorman who robbed the apartment and claimed a gang tied him up, assaulted him, and robbed the place, points at them as the culprits. Abu Sakhr's group attacks the prisoner transport van, allowing the boys to escape in a police van. They hide in a church, accidentally knock over candles, setting the church ablaze and igniting sectarian strife. Ar'ar arrests their parents and finds a photo of Basma in Ramy's room, attempting to ensnare him through her. The police arrest her Arab boyfriend, Qaddah (Ahmed Rizk), sparking a political crisis. The boys turn to Moatasem's father, Zein, to save them, but he reports them to the police, forcing them to flee. They kidnap Hamada to have him mediate with his uncle Ar'ar, but Bulldozer abducts them to get rid of them. Abu Sakhr brings the requested drugs to ransom his brother El-Goob, but the police close in on everyone. State Security Officer Lamei (Magdy Abdel Ghani) discovers their innocence following confessions by Bulldozer and Abu Sakhr, and they are released. However, Abu Gihan (Hobeiga) kidnaps the boys and hangs them by their legs for tarnishing Om Gihan's reputation. (The Fourth Generation)
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
