Acting
In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.
Naïve young Muhasab is asked to accompany his more dependable friend, Mujahed, on a voyage up the Nile to Cairo. Once there, they will sell their boat, the "Bride of the Nile," in order to buy a barge that will make their village elders more competitive in business and trade. But a ruthless business rival is determined to see that the men never reach Cairo. Matters become even more complicated when Nargis, a scheming carnival dancer, is discovered hiding out in the cargo hold of the "Bride of the Nile."
A young employee tries to cover for his colleague, whom he loves, after he discovers that she embezzled money from the company they work in. As he gets accused of her crime, he gets involved in her husband's murder and tries to escape.
Escaping the cruelty of the streets, Na'ima turns to a lady who runs a den for vice and gambling. Na'ima becomes a totally different person as she invents a new identity for herself, but when she meets Hasanin, other considerations have to be taken into account.
When a doctor invents a formula that can restore youth, the 80-year-old Abbas takes the new formula and starts a new adventurous chapter as a young man. But reliving his youth comes at the expense of his family as he falls in love with his son's fiancée and decides to marry her.
The jobless Somaa is happily married to Lola. He finds a job as a secretary at a fashion house owned by the spinster Howayda, who lives with her brother Fawzy. But as the job requires that the secretary be single, Somaa claims he is. When Lola finds out, she asks Somaa to quit, but he refuses, so she starts working as a model for Howayda, whereupon Fawzy falls for Lola and proposes to her.
Two young men working in a barber shop. They meet two girls and decide to marry them. They try to get married until they get married, but they do two very painful things. They find out on the night of Dakhla and decide to escape. And work in the field of singing in order to be able to pay the back of the dowry. And then marry their loved ones and save them from the greed and tricks of their father's wife and relatives.
Former student Hosni is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Hosni struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
A lawyer tries to realize what crime is, and whether it is inherited or as a result of upbringing and the environment, and the lawyer comes up with a criminal and decides to treat him well and prepare him with all the appropriate circumstances.
