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The Yacoubian Building(2006)

R06/01/2006 (EG)Drama2h 41m
74%

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Overview

Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Zaki, an aging libertine, feuds with his sister. Pious Hajj Azzam takes a second wife, in secret, to satisfy his sexual drive within religious bounds. Bothayna, poor and beautiful, wants to support her family with her dignity intact. Her former fiancé, Taha, the janitor's son, humiliated by the police, turns to fundamentalism. Hatem, a gay editor, seduces and corrupts a young man from the sticks. Two Coptic brothers, one a tailor and the other being Zaki's factotum, connive for property. Allah is on everyone's lips, and corruption is in their hearts.

Marwan Hamed

Director

Movie Cast

Adel Emam photo

Adel Emam

Zaki El Dessouki

Nour El-Sherif photo

Nour El-Sherif

Hajj Muhammad Azzam

Hend Sabry photo

Hend Sabry

Bothayna El Sayed

Mohamed Imam photo

Mohamed Imam

Taha El Shazly

Esaad Younes photo

Esaad Younes

Dawlat El Dessouki

Khaled El Sawy photo

Khaled El Sawy

Hatem Rashed

Yousra photo

Yousra

Christine

Khaled Saleh photo

Khaled Saleh

Kamal el Fouly

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyArab Co

Original LanguageArabic

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