Sayed is a barber who lives in Shubra with his best friend Atef. Sayed wants to marry his girlfriend Aida, while Atef loves Mary. As both couples find a suitable apartment to buy, they are unaware that they are trying to buy the same apartment.
In a small village, when rumors spread about the arrival of a train with the president and his American guest onboard, the village is completely transformed to host them properly, which brings the rampant corruption and hypocrisy to the surface.
Ibrahim suddenly returns from abroad, to find his wife Safaa married to Ezzat. The couple seize his apartment and savings. Ezzat accuses Ibrahim of insanity in order to lock him up in a mental hospital where he's subjected to all kinds of physical and psychological abuse.
