When writer Selim (Khaled Abol Naga) reports his car missing, he soon finds his life bound up with an unlikely lot of characters in this cinematic commentary on class, censorship and police inefficiency. At the station, Selim bumps into Detective Fathy, a family friend who insists on hiring a maid for him. It's not long before Selim is caught up in the doings of his beautiful new employee, her criminal husband and his bumbling detective friend.