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The Yacoubian Building (2006)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 41M

Director : Marwan Hamed
Writer : Wahid Hamid

Synopsis

Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Zika, an aging libertine, feuds with his sister. Pius Haj Azzam takes a second wife, in secret, to satisfy sexual drive within religious bounds. Bothayna, poor and beautiful, supports her family, wanting to do so with 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 brothers, Copts, one a tailor and one Zika's factotum, connive for property. Allah is on most everyone's lips, and corruption is in their hearts.

Actors

Adel Emam
Adel Emam
زكي الدسوقي
Nour El-Sherif
Nour El-Sherif
محمد عزام
Hend Sabry
Hend Sabry
بثينة
Esaad Younes
Esaad Younes
دولت دسوقي
Khaled El Sawy
Khaled El Sawy
حاتم راشد
Yousra
Yousra
كريستين
Ahmed Rateb
Ahmed Rateb
فانوس
Ahmad Bedir
Ahmad Bedir
مالك
Somaya El Khashab
Somaya El Khashab
سعاد
Khaled Saleh
Khaled Saleh
كمال الفولي
Bassem Samra
Bassem Samra
عبد ربه
Mohamed Imam
Mohamed Imam
Taha El Shazly
Youssef Daoud
Youssef Daoud
فكري عبدالشاهد
Talaat Zakaria
Talaat Zakaria
مالك البار
Gihan Kamary
Gihan Kamary
رباب
Salwa Othman
Salwa Othman
Tamer Abdelmonem
Tamer Abdelmonem
فوزي محمد عزام
Said Tarabeek
Said Tarabeek
حميدو
Yasser Ali Maher
Yasser Ali Maher
Sheikh Samman
Laila Samy
Laila Samy
Mohamed El Dafrawi
Mohamed El Dafrawi
Hamdy Heykal
Hamdy Heykal
Asser Yasseen
Asser Yasseen
Abbas Abu Elhassan
Abbas Abu Elhassan
Mohamed Gomaa
Mohamed Gomaa
Ahmed Salah ElSaadany
Ahmed Salah ElSaadany
Amgad Abed
Amgad Abed
Yahia ElFakharany
Yahia ElFakharany
Yousuf Hafez
Yousuf Hafez

Crews

Alaa Al Aswany
Alaa Al Aswany
Writer
Marwan Hamed
Marwan Hamed
Director
Wahid Hamid
Wahid Hamid
Screenplay
Khaled Hammad
Khaled Hammad
Original Music Composer
Emad El-Den Adib
Emad El-Den Adib
Producer
Nabil Sobhy
Nabil Sobhy
Producer
Ayman Shawky
Ayman Shawky
Producer
Adel Adeeb
Adel Adeeb
Producer
Khaled Marei
Khaled Marei
Editor
Hazem Samir
Hazem Samir
Editor

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