Hashem is a young man who has fled Upper Egypt and travels to Alexandria because his family insists on him taking revenge for his father's murderer's son. He decides to work at the port and falls in love with a law student. He discovers the secrets of smuggling and stands against it. The young man whom Hashem is supposed to kill arrives at the port, and Hashem tries to keep Yehia away from the port so that he does not have to kill him.