Staged in old Québec City, this film is about a rebel against the time-clock, whose hobby was snaring birds but whose dream was to escape the bonds of domesticity. A kindly satire of the dreamer in every man, the film is also a memorable portrait of Québec, the "Grande Dame" of Canadian cities.
A former police detective turned private investigator is approached by two elderly sisters, who say that someone is terrorising them, but it turns out that the man they believe is responsible is long since dead.
The story revolves around Hussein, the son of Sheikh (Abdel Rahman), who travels to Alexandria for education, Hussein learns about the singer (Belbala) and falls in love with her and decides to marry her, attend (Ilham) daughter confused aunt and meet Hussein to ask him not to complete this marriage because A bad past for his love, Hussein avoids confusion despite his love for her, and tries to inspire the closeness to Hussein's cousin, Munir.
Wacky rich woman subjects her husband, servants and friends to a series of elaborate masquerades, remodeling her house and wardrobe every couple of days to represent different historical eras or cultural milieux.
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
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