A group of friends brought together by a popular neighborhood have different life circumstances, though united by poverty. Fares Badran (Mohamed Nagati) lost both parents in an accident, left the institute where he was studying film directing, and lived with his aunt and sister in a house he was forced to mortgage to cover his personal expenses and the hashish he consumes; he was in a relationship with aspiring actress Noha (Nermin Maher). Sayed Mamlakah (Mourad Fekry) is an unemployed young man living with his sick father (Eid Abo El Hamd) who had to deal hashish to pay for his father's medical treatment; he is in a relationship with his neighbor Farah (Zeinab Abdel Wahab), who is pregnant by him. Nader (Amr Mamdouh) is a university graduate working at a bank, living with his mother (Ahlam El Gritly) and his younger brother Omar (Ziad Kotb); he is romantically involved with Nour (Tara Emad), who lives with her younger sister Shaza (Nada Seif), both supported by their late parents' pension. Khaled (Hassan Eid) is an unemployed youth living on the rooftop, funded by his relationship with Donia (Randa El Behery), who lives with her unemployed brother and claims to work as a hospital nurse while actually working as a waitress in a nightclub, in addition to having multiple relationships with men, among them a wealthy man who loves her madly. Donia spends lavishly on her unemployed brother and her lover Khaled, who loved filming mobile videos and kept explicit footage of his partner Donia. Sayed ran into a tough situation with some of his creditors, and Nader saved him. Fares also faced eviction from the mortgaged house, and Nader paid off the mortgage; Nader was devoted to his friends and spared nothing for them. When Fares's financial situation worsened, Sayed offered to partner with him in distributing drugs and bringing them from Faiyum. They proposed a trip to Faiyum with their friends, ostensibly to enjoy a fun day while secretly procuring the drugs. Sayed stole a microbus for the trip, and each friend brought his partner and headed to Faiyum. Sayed and Fares succeeded in obtaining the drugs, while Khaled secretly filmed them, and Nour saw him taking photos of them. On the way back, they ran into a police checkpoint. Fares attempted to flee with the microbus, prompting police to open fire, hitting Nader in the shoulder. Fearing exposure, Sayed made everyone get out of the microbus, leaving Nader, his brother, Nour, and her sister inside. He cut the fuel line and set it ablaze so the microbus would explode with everyone inside. However, Nour managed to get out before the explosion and fainted. She was found by Karim (Ossama Asaad), to whom she told her story, and he promised to avenge her. Nour arrives in the alley posing as "Jackie," a mass communication student seeking to shoot a short film about the popular alley as her graduation project. She then asks Fares to turn the short film into a feature-length film directed by him under his responsibility, in exchange for a sum that would pull him out of his financial crisis. Fares brings his partner Noha as the film's lead actress. Jackie gets close to Khaled, seizes all the videos loaded on his mobile, and sends Donia's video to her wealthy lover, who was outraged by Donia's affair with Khaled and electrocuted him to death. She sends another to Donia's unemployed brother, who slaughters Donia to wash away his dishonor. When Sayed's father fell severely ill, Sayed called Dr. Medhat (Ayman Kandeel), who told him his father had liver cirrhosis and was beyond cure, but possessed a healthy heart that could be bought for a large sum. Sayed sold his father's heart and sat receiving condolences. When Farah came to him demanding a speedy marriage because her pregnancy symptoms were beginning to show, he drugged her and summoned Dr. Medhat to sell her heart to him; however, the doctor drugged Sayed as well and stole both of their hearts. Because the film Fares was directing featured a scene where the female lead is shot, and the actor set to fire the gun was absent, Fares stepped in. Karim had placed real bullets in the revolver, which Fares fired at Noha, killing her instantly. He was arrested and charged with all previous crimes, especially since the production company supposedly producing the film was proven nonexistent. However, the defense argued lack of material evidence except for the recent involuntary manslaughter. Before Judge Maged Abdel Azim could issue an acquittal for lack of evidence, Nour came forward with the videos in her possession, incriminating Fares and exposing him to the death penalty. Fares snatched a guard's weapon to shoot Nour, but the remaining guards swiftly fired two bullets at him, ending his life. (El Khorog An El Nas)
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