The Yacoubian Building (2006)
The Yacoubian Building (2006)
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.

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Cast

Adel Emam Adel Emam As: Zaki El Dessouki
Nour El-Sherif Nour El-Sherif As: Hajj Muhammad Azzam
Hend Sabry Hend Sabry As: Bothayna El Sayed
Mohamed Imam Mohamed Imam As: Taha El Shazly
Esaad Younes Esaad Younes As: Dawlat El Dessouki
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Storyline

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.


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Certification: R

Details

Genres: Drama

Language: English, العربية, Français

Release Date: 01 June 2006

Country: EG

Runtime: 161m

Company Credits

Company: Arab Co, Good News

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Khaled Hammad

Khaled Hammad

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