A poor boy whose slippers are broken tries to repair them while watching a rich boy continuously cleaning his new and shiny shoes.

Its events revolve in a romantic context around a university professor whose life is invaded by a student, and events develop until he finds himself involved in her relationship with her lover, and then he falls in love with her as well.

Its events revolve in a romantic context around a university professor whose life is invaded by a student, and events develop until he finds himself involved in her relationship with her lover, and then he falls in love with her as well.

Set in a confined world outside time, East of Noon is the fable of prodigy Abdo (19) who uses music to rebel against his elders: showman Shawky (70), an eccentric showman who rules with a mix of performance and fear, and storyteller Jalala (75), who provides relief with stories of the Sea, which no one else has seen. East of Noon is a satire on the inner workings of an ailing autocracy and its inherent vulnerability to youth’s unchained vision of a better world.