Ya'qoub Mikhail

A famous singer, who is known for being a womanizer, meets his neighbor who is enamored with him and sleeps with her. When she gives birth, she has to leave her past behind and forget about her flippant ex-lover to look after her son.

In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.

Hajj Kamel picks up a little boy from the street, whose family and relatives refused to shelter him after the death of his father and mother, and he takes him into his home, so he lives like his son next to his young daughter and son. The real son, Mahrez, grew up with an unknown enmity towards the poor boy, Ghareeb, while the little daughter, Yasmine, loved this boy. When the father dies, the poor boy takes over his work. He continues to take care of Yasmine until the rich young man, Anwar, enters her life.