No início do século 20, roubos e assassinatos assolam as mulheres do Egito. A procura pelos suspeitos leva a duas irmãs. História baseada em fatos reais.
Monier takes advantage of Zaghloul's naivety to take advantage of his family's financial resources to fund his gambling addiction. But he takes it one step further when he throws Zaghloul into the Nile and pretends that he couldn't save him.