An unsocial and eccentric man living alone, accompanied by voice in his ears, telling him what he is doing and sometimes what will happen, he resorts to a psychiatrist to get him out of this situation. The psychiatrist advises him to enter into a romantic relationship and, events follow, to a surprise ending.
This film explores the impact of the modern world on the traditional male society of the Maghreb. It is a film about men who prefer to live life as an abstract game and the free-spirited woman who changes everything. Said and Youssef have fulfilled a life-long dream by opening a "chess bar" in the middle of the desert. They sit around drinking palm wine, playing board games and composing love poetry to imaginary women. All this changes with the arrival of Sarah, a sexually liberated, uninhibited metisse who easily lures Youssef into an affair. Soon he is dreaming not about chess but about opening a coffee bar in Genoa. The friendship is destroyed, the bar sold. Youssef, dressed in Western clothes, waits to leave with Sarah; will she show up? Said boards a train and sits down next to a Westernized woman bearing a resemblance to Sarah
Ahmed, a taxi driver, returns a forgotten handbag to Yasmine, a nightclub singer, earning her gratitude. As she's pressured by her boss and pursued by Mokhtar, her son Ezzat runs away. Bringing Ezzat back, draws Ahmed and Yasmine closer.
Kamel Abdel Shakoor is a general manager at one of the Ministry of Industry's companies and is known for his integrity. Fayed, the company's general manager of contracts, tries to convince him to get a commission, but he refuses despite his difficult financial circumstances.
Layla refuses to get married because she believes all men are liars especially after her sister's tragic suicide on her wedding day when her fiancé left her. Layla's father decides to put an end to her stubbornness and sends a letter that explains her problem to Ahmed who works as an editor for the local newspaper. His friend Kamal, a womanizer wants to settle down and find a wife. Ahmed suggests that Kamal should meet with Layla and ask for her hand in marriage, and both of them get engaged. When Layla discovers more on Kamal's past, she breaks off the engagement and the problems commence.
Sewer worker Saber learns about the role of the woman who decides to repent. He claims to the people of the neighborhood that he is his cousin and lives in the house of the teacher Nusa. Mimu, one of the gang members, arrives at her house to greet the warm people, but they do not give up. Saber's grievance is finally accepted. October is victory and transit, Saber returns from the battle injured and warm people celebrate his marriage in part.
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.
As Hamdy fights with a fisherman and kills him in front of his daughter, he goes to prison as the fisherman's daughter goes blind. After his release, he tries to atone for his sin by approaching her. They fall in love and get married, but when he finds out that she can regain her sight, he panics.
Ihsan is a simple employee in the Ministry of Culture from the house to the office and vice versa his work colleague Nargis loves and plans to marry him. He is surprised by one of the security authorities arrested and directed a number of charges, which does not know the cause and continues to haunt him
On the night of the wedding of Mohamed (Shukry Sarhan) with Adela (Souad Hosny), a letter arrives to Mohamed benefits that he was promoted and so moved to work in the Jabal "Ataka", but her mother, Aziza (Mary Munib) opposed her daughter from going with her husband to his place of work ,so Mohamed travels alone, Adila challenged her mother and follow her husband.
Based on a What if? dialectic, women are taking the role and position of men in the society. We see the stories of some couples with the woman being patriarchal and in control. Under the new fictional situation, a lot is revealed about relationships.
A crime journalist stumbles upon a crime when he takes a taxi ride with a group of criminals, only for the taxi driver to turn up dead.
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.
Iman, a young newly wed Palestinian bride, is arrested and incarcerated in a top-security Israeli prison where she gives birth to a baby boy. As she struggles to survive and raise her child behind bars, she is torn between her instinct as a mother and the difficult decisions she must make, finding through her relationship with the other prisoners - both Palestinian and Israeli – the time and space to reflect, develop and mature as a young woman.
A married engineer with a son and a daughter, he drives in love with a dancer who sets her window around him with the help of her boyfriend until she marries him out of the greed for his wealth, and actually this is done without the knowledge of the wife and children. The daughter has no choice but to inform her mother of this.
Warda marries her deceased sister's brother, but when she learns he is sexually impotent, she seeks pleasure in the arms of her neighbor Fathy. When her father's wife learns of Warda's intentions to elope with Fathy, she informs her father.
Sahar loves singing and wishes to meet the great singer Wahid to hear her voice. She sets a date to meet him. At the meantime, Ramadan who owns a Gas station,loves to compose and also wants to meet Wahid. When Sahar's car breaks down, she meets the mechanic Fouad and they like each other.
Abbas is an interior architect living in Hurghada. He gets into a quarrel with Ismat, the owner of the villa which Ahmed is working on, that ends with her causing him a permanent disability. When he decides to sue her, her mother Zohira convinces her to marry him.
The story revolves around Sultan, the poor child who grows up and becomes a military correspondent at an elite brigade. He enjoys the sympathy of the police officer, the son of the general, unlike the rest of the house.
