The Yacoubian Building (2006)
Omaret yakobean
165 min
The lives of residents in an old Cairo building, "The Yacoubian Building," are affected by issues like corruption, extremism, class disparity, and sexuality. Through diverse characters, the film offers a critical examination of Egyptian society.
- Release date
- June 1, 2006
- Country of origin
- Egypt
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Trailer
Cast
- Adel Emam as Zaki El Dessouki
- Nour El-Sherif as Mohammad Azzam
- Hind Sabri as Bothayna
- Mohamed Emam as Taha El Shazly
- Esaad Younis as Dawlat El Dessouky
- Khaled El-Sawi as Hatem Rachid
- Youssra as Christine
- Ahmed Rateb as Fanous
- Ahmad Bedair as Malaak
- Somaya El Khashab as Soad
- Khaled Saleh as Kamal El Fouly
- Basem Samrah as Abd Raboh
- Youssef Dawood as Fekry Abdel Shaheed
- Talaat Zakaria as Bar Owner
- Saeed Tarabek as Hameedo
- Yasser Ali Maher as Sheikh Samman
- Salwa Othman
- Laila Samy
- Mohamed El Dafrawy
- Aboelhassan Abbas
- Mohamed Gomaa
- Yehia El-Fakharany
- Ahmed El-Saadany
- Asser Yassin
Crew
- Marwan Hamed · Director
- Alaa' Al-Aswany · Writer
- Wahid Hamed · Writer
- Mohamed Abou Saad · Producer
- Imad Adeeb · Producer
- Nabil Sobhy · Producer
- Khaled Hammad · Composer
- Sameh Selim · Cinematographer
- Khaled Marei · Editor
- Aiman Fathi · Production designer