Up and Down

Nora skillfully plays the role of the wounded wife, but who is conducting the orchestra? As Ali’s secret marriage makes headlines, Mai discovers that the announcement she carefully orchestrated is now playing to a tune she never chose.

Ali takes a bow for his talent, reducing Nora’s role to that of nothing more than his manager. Yet she was the hidden maestro behind his success. Now that his secrets are in her hands, she composes a symphony of revenge that can only be played while he sleeps.

Ali’s compositions falter, causing his appointments to pile up, but Nora secretly has a solution for every crisis she orchestrates. When he considers going solo, she changes her tune: an intimate duet in the evening and an ominous lullaby once the maestro surrenders to sleep.

Nora invites Ali and Mai to dinner, serving up poisonous words with every course. The next day, she trades table manners for covert surveillance, listening intently for any note suggesting that her carefully composed scheme has struck the right chord.

Ali can barely distinguish dreams from reality, while Nora continues to keep him moving to her rhythm. As he begins a new marital duet with Mai, Nora secretly fans the flames of discord beneath a facade of harmony, making sure the intended listener overhears what they were never meant to hear.

Mai receives flowers, an apology, and a seat beside Ali, while Nora has an old score to settle! As the concert draws near, the question is no longer who holds the composer’s heart, but who will have his music in a stranglehold...