Hassan Hudhud is a poor boxer who dreams of championships and glory. He accidentally takes part in a match at the mansion of a wealthy man who admires him. He soon gets rich and moves into the mansion.

Prisoner Adham makes a deal with fellow inmate Saad, a businessman who has been accused of stealing 700 million Egyptian Pounds, to work for him as his wife Aisha’s bodyguard. Aisha falls in love Adham. Kathem, Saad’s friend figures this out, and informs him. Saad discovers his wife’s betrayal and fabricates an accusation of Adham. They attempt to escape prison with the money they’ve stolen, except that Adham is thwarted by an obstacle along the way.

Borders (al-Hodoud) is a Syrian political satire about an Arab traveler who loses his passport between two fictional Arab countries, and who ends up living on the border between them when neither country agrees to let him in. Made in 1987, the film was a sharp criticism of nationalist regimes that preached Arab unity, yet were far from it – where the Arab citizen loses their own country, as well as their identity. Features the internationally known Syrian actor Duraid Lahham (sometimes known as "the Arab Charlie Chaplin") and a screenplay by the acclaimed Syrian poet and dramatist Mohammad Al-Maghout.