Eissa Al-Dabagh is a member of a washed-out political party that was defanged by the 1952 revolution. When he meets the prostitute Riri, he tries to use her to chase the mirage of the power and control he once had. But when he discovers that she is pregnant, he kicks her out.
While Awad's family believes him to be an honorable man, Awad heads a drug-dealing gang. He tries to keep the balance between his family's image of him and his illegal business dealings.
An unemployed musician is called to teach piano lessons to the daughter of a wealthy man, the girl tries to make him fall for her, while the wife tries to use him to make her husband jealous. When he refuses she threatens to fire him.
