Yehia, a famous Egyptian director, becomes obsessed with his young star, Amir, while participating in the general strike of 1987. Fantasizing about the films they would make together, Yehia elevates Amir to cinemaic messiah, while also becoming enchanted by Nadia, an actress turned revolutionary.

The celebrated Arab auteur Youssef Chahine made one of his landmark autobiographical films with this tale of a director looking back on his life, his career, but also Egypt’s politics through the movie industry. A film about filmmaking and a testimony to Chahine’s ardent and progressive cinema.