Shalaby Abdelbasset (Tamer Abdelmonem) is an obscure actor in Samir Ghanem's theatrical troupe who is forced out in favor of the director's son (Tariq Wali). He works in cinema with Samir Sabri, but triggers a disaster in which director Hassan El-Araby is burned, leading to Shalaby being fired. He is also hounded by his landlady Adeela (Maryam Saeed Saleh) for unpaid rent. Hearing from a colleague that director Farahat has tapped him to play the president in the film "The Chief's Chauffeur," Shalaby rushes to embody President Mubarak and meets director Farahat (Abdullah Meshref), who is deceived and decides to give him the role. Filming begins on the morning of January 25, just as the conspiratorial revolution breaks out. The production car gets swept into the crowds, who mistake him for the real president. His face appears on television, and he is arrested to investigate his motives. After his release, he is abducted by a secret agency following covert activities by the US embassy and the Muslim Brotherhood to fuel and hijack the revolution. The secret agency, led by Mohsen Momtaz (Youssef Chaban) and his assistant Jamila (Emy), demands Shalaby impersonate El-Shater, who is drugged in prison so Shalaby can take his place and be broken out alongside Brotherhood leaders after Hamas storms the prisons, all to uncover the Brotherhood's intentions and plots. He meets the American ambassador, who offers 8 billion dollars in exchange for Sinai and transfers the money into Shalaby's name as a cover. Shalaby learns of the Brotherhood's scheme to seize Egypt and divide it. When presidential candidacies begin, Shalaby assumes the identity of Salafi Hazem Salah Abu Ismail and discovers an alliance between the Brotherhood and the Salafists to capture the presidency, from which Hazem is disqualified because his mother is American and El-Shater because of his criminal record; Morsi is nominated instead because they want a malleable figure so the Supreme Guide can rule. Shalaby impersonates Morsi to expose the Brotherhood's plot using constitutional declarations to tighten their grip on the country. The people launch their true revolution on June 30, supported by the army, leading to Morsi's arrest. The Brotherhood protests at Rabaa Square to free Morsi and restore him to power, resulting in the arrest of most Brotherhood leaders, while the rest flee the country. (The Impersonator 2)
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