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Hala (Ola Ghanem) suffered from the infidelities of her husband, Omar (Mohamed Nagaty), who works on the stock exchange. Wanting to take revenge on him by cheating with his friend Khaled (Ahmed Karara), a bank employee, she started an affair with him. She intends to apply for a bank loan to open a restaurant and then ask Omar for a divorce. Having learned that his wife Hala is cheating on him, Omar claimed to be traveling to Hurghada for three days, then monitored her from afar. She headed to a hotel to stay for one night and called her lover Khaled over, who slipped into the hotel unnoticed and stayed with her in her room. Meanwhile, Omar stayed in the room opposite hers, intending to kill her and her lover. Ahlam (Doaa Hegazy), a room-service maid, saw him holding a pistol, which he hid when Shams (Marwa El-Lebnaneya), the hotel nightclub singer who had a past relationship with him, showed up and insisted he attend her nightclub act. Ahlam reported what she saw to the hotel manager, Makram (Ahmed Bedeir). Fearing trouble, Makram took advantage of Omar ordering a cup of coffee and prepared it with a sleeping pill to neutralize him until morning. The hotel harbors several examples of betrayal: Ashraf (Ahmed Sadek), a member of parliament who neglected his constituents' interests and devoted himself to flattering the government to be appointed minister, summons famous TV presenter Farouk Saad (Abdel Meguid Khedr) to bolster his media image. There is also Ahlam's father (Mohamed El-Sawy), who comes to complain to his daughter about the betrayal of his son Ali, who kicked him out of his apartment to get married there. Meanwhile, Ahlam seeks to marry elevator maintenance worker Shafei (Ebraam Samir), who strings her along. Then there is the prostitute Shams, who, after becoming the hotel's singer, turned on her pimp El-Bohi (Ahmed El-Halawany)—the one who made her—and discarded his services, prompting him to steal her jewelry and cash and flee. There is also the hotel security guard Yasser El-Gendy (Haggag Abdel Azim), who regularly consumes drugs and spies on guests, trying to pursue relations with solo female guests; he breaks into Hala's room trying to assault her, but Khaled strikes him from behind, knocking him unconscious, and tries to get rid of him. Shams bursts into Omar's room trying to spend an intimate night with him while he tries to brush her off to focus on the mission he came for. Omar calls his friend Khaled to tell him he didn't travel, that his wife Hala is cheating on him, and that he is staying in the room opposite hers while she is with her lover. Khaled advises him to keep his temper. Khaled then puts on the security guard's uniform and asks Hala to call Omar, telling him she is in trouble and at risk of being killed. Omar rushes to storm her room, only to find the security guard stripped of his clothes, mistakes him for the lover, and fires at him; however, Shams had removed the bullets from his gun when she learned of his intentions. Khaled strikes Omar from behind, and the hotel manager rushes in armed to storm the room and binds everyone—Hala, Khaled, and Omar. He learns that Hala and Omar are married and that Khaled is the lover, while Omar discovers that his wife is cheating on him with his friend. Makram demands that everyone leave the hotel and settle their scores outside, or else he will call the police, and he fires the corrupt security guard Yasser El-Gendy. Hala flees in her car, Khaled follows in flight, while Omar exits after them, determined to hunt them down for revenge. (The Hotel)

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