Cairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.
Egypt's most adored actor, George Fahmy is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts the role and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like a moth drawn to the flame he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the film.
Ahmed inherits a villa from his uncle and moves in with his two friends. As he starts working at a hotel, he meets Nour and falls for her. He throws parties for his manager in the villa, until Dina shows up to tell him that his late uncle keeps the key of a safe filled with jewelry in the villa.
