1947 Cairo. Washerwoman Lavandiere dreams of escaping reality through movies. A charming organ grinder offers excitement, but a cholera outbreak threatens her son. Desperate, she fights to save him.

Cairo 1947: the cholera epidemic in full swing. The beautiful Lavandiere Saddika lives with her paralyzed husband and her little son Hassan in a basement. She dreams of Prince Charming and assiduously frequented the cinemas. One day Hassan Okka be reduced to home, the seductive monkey trainer who easily discovers the woman in the sacrificed mother. But Hassan is achieved by the terrible disease Saddika and will do everything possible to save his little son.—markyoloup