The Yacoubian Building (2006)

The Yacoubian Building (2006)

2006-06-01 Egypt 161 Min. PG-13
7.4 52 votes

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.

Cast

عادل إمام is Zaki El Dessouki
Zaki El Dessouki
نور الشريف is Hajj Muhammad Azzam
Hajj Muhammad Azzam
هند صبري is Bothayna El Sayed
Bothayna El Sayed
محمد إمام is Taha El Shazly
Taha El Shazly
إسعاد يونس is Dawlat El Dessouki
Dawlat El Dessouki
خالد الصاوي is Hatem Rashed
يسرا is Christine
Christine
خالد صالح is Kamal el Fouly
Kamal el Fouly