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Director:

Marwan Hamed

Writers:

Alaa' Al-Aswany (novel)
Wahid Hamid (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

21 June 2006 (Egypt) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

Meditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

Foreign Oscar Hopefuls
 (From ioncinema. 20 October 2006)

Tribeca 2006 winners!
 (From ioncinema. 8 May 2006)

User Comments:

Beyond all expectations more (31 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)
Adel Imam ... Zaki El Dessouki
Nour El-Sherif ... Mohammad Azzam
Youssra ... Christine
Essad Youniss ... Dawlat El Dessouky (as Issad Younis)
Ahmed Bedir ... Malaak (as Ahmed Bedeir)
Hend Sabri ... Bothayna (as Hind Sabry)
Khaled El Sawy ... Hatem Rachid
Khaled Saleh ... Kamal El Fouly
Ahmed Rateb ... Fanous
Somaya El Khashab ... Soad
Bassem Samra ... Abd Raboh
Mohamed Imam ... Taha El Shazly
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tamer Abdulmun'em
Youseff Daoud ... Fekry Abdel Shaheed
Mohamed El Dafrawy
Yehia El-Fakharany ... Narrator
Hamdy El Sakhawy
Hamdy Heykal

Haytham Kandil ... Stunts
Wael Mahassad ... Journalist
Jihan Qamary ... Raga'
Said Tarabeek
Talaat Zakaria
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Yacoubian Building (International: English title) (USA)
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Runtime:

Egypt:161 min

Country:

Egypt

Language:

Arabic | French | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Alexandria, Egypt more

Company:

Good News more


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

Continuity: When Hatem is drinking while remembering his youth near the end of the film, he finishes his drink. Seconds later, he finishes it again. more


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9 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Beyond all expectations, 24 June 2006
8/10
Author: derin_79 from Kuwait

I read the story of Yacoubian Building so I couldn't wait to watch it in the movie theater but I thought it will be like any other story. not as good as the book. I just loved this movie.. the Casting was so genius and every actor did his part in an amazing way. The Old Classic ones and the new generation. Even Mohamed Emam. this is his first movie and he was able to make me believe in him. This movie should be nominated for an Oscar. Even the soundtrack, the picture and the dialog just so good. this movie had me thinking all night about it and made me live it. this movie made me laugh, cry, bothered, It is a masterpiece. I just hope the movie industry in Egypt keeps on bringing those types of movies. those movies which remind us of the 70's movies where at least 2 or 3 big movies stars act together. Now I'm thinking to take the rest of my friends to it so i can be able to watch it second time. It is one of the best movies I've watched this year.

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