Effat tells Mahmoud her life story in order to convince him not to divorce his wife.

Adapted from a story in 1001 Nights, the story concerns the death of an actor and the comical incidents that occur as different people come into possession of, and attempt to dispose of, his body.

A wealthy man has a child with a village girl. The wealthy man, without letting his son into his family, watches him from afar. Years later, his legitimate son goes from the city to the village where his brother lives. The village young man loves a girl who soon also becomes the object of affection for his city brother. After a series of events, when the two brothers learn of their kinship, they forgo conflict with each other, and the village brother finally ends up with the girl he loves.