Desperate for a fresh story, a journalist decides to look into a mysterious wave of murders in which the victims are all women.

After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.

The strict lawyer Yusuf receives his orphan cousin Laila at his place after she finishes her studies. She brings a fun and cheerful atmosphere to the palace. Yusuf starts embracing life but he falls in love with an unfaithful woman, and Laila tries to advise her.

Abdullah is a judge who asks court guard Farghali to bring him a maid, he goes to the poor Shohrat who needs money for her children and her addict husband . She has an affair with the judge who gives her money. But when he decides to refrain from paying her, she leaves and he looks for her everywhere.

Khadra's father, Hajj Abdullah, dies, leaving her and her brother Fares a huge fortune that he stored in Balalis. Khadra is surprised when their cousin, who has been absent for a long time, returns to them in an attempt to plunder the money, taking advantage of Khadra's rural naivety to obtain wealth. She resorts to one of the young men whom she throws into Khadra's path to deceive her.

Aziza and Sharifa are two friends. They are married to the two friends, Aziz and Refaat. Aziza suspects her husband's behavior, and her friend supports this suspicion. They concoct a plan. Sharifa sends an unsigned love letter to Aziz Pasha and sets him up on a date in the casino.

Nabqa the seamstress is looking for a groom. She reads in the newspaper ads about a groom named Gamil Gamal, so they get engaged. Unfortunately, Nabqa goes out on the train one day, and without her noticing, a thief steals her wallet, including her engagement papers to Gamil Gamal and her ID card, and claims to be a woman of good lineage.

The life paths of the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad during the period of the British occupation, and before the outbreak of the 1919 revolution, starting with the family's patriarch who lives a double life, his son Fahmy who joins a secret political organization, and the older son Yassin who follows his father's footsteps in pursuing women.

A strict father refuses to let his beautiful daughter marry the young pilot she loves, believing that the life of a pilot is filled with danger. The pilot sees a dead end, but that does not prevent him from using his cunning to persuade his beloved's father of their marriage.