After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England...
Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
Dr Husseini decides to marry a poor girl's after he saved her from harassing. But after Husseini suffers a disease that prevents him from moving, his brother is asked to marry his wife if he dies.
Sergeant Shabrawi is tasked to deliver the thief, Zanati, to prison and Zubaida to the mental hospital. In Cairo, the mission gets interrupted, and everyone is forced to stay at one of Zanati's relatives. Shabrawi gets into trouble when Zanati escapes.
A girl known for her constant lying to the point that no one believes her at all, even when she actually witnesses a murder, tries this time to prove to everyone that she is honest in what she says.
Abdo decides to steal cars, and in his first attempt, he meets the married woman Najwa, who suffers from her husband Hanafi the gang leader . Abdo claims to be the head of a company and tries to find evidence to bring the husband down.
