Back home

The Yacoubian Building

61 votes

Producing House

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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2006-06-01

Runtime: 161 mins

Director: Marwan Hamed

Writer: Alaa Al Aswany

Spoken language: Français, العربية

Genres: Drama

Original title: The Yacoubian Building

Production Companies: Arab Co, Good News

Production Countries: Egypt

Recommendations

Walk on Water
3.4

Walk on Water

2004-02-05

Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himme

9 Songs
2.8

9 Songs

2004-07-16

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as

Paradise Now
3.5

Paradise Now

2005-09-07

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

Billy Elliot
3.8

Billy Elliot

2000-09-28

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up f

Bad Education
3.7

Bad Education

2004-03-19

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their a

Brokeback Mountain
3.9

Brokeback Mountain

2005-10-22

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifel

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3.7

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000-07-06

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physical

The Day the Earth Stood Still
3.8

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951-09-18

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destru

2046
3.6

2046

2004-10-20

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author

Dangerous Liaisons
3.6

Dangerous Liaisons

1988-12-21

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the futu

Pixels
1.8

Pixels

2015-02-17

This short film portrays the disintegration of a relationship. When the distance between the couple

Young Man's Dance
0.5

Young Man's Dance

2014-10-17

Mattis feels rejected by his dad and seeks attention from his male dancing teacher. But this night,

Ida y vuelta
2.9

Ida y vuelta

1968-05-23

Elena, a shy and unmarried girl, belonging to the upper middle class and somewhat marginalized from

The English Patient
3.6

The English Patient

1996-11-14

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to ch

Human Nature
3

Human Nature

2001-09-12

Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised

My Own Private Idaho
3.5

My Own Private Idaho

1991-02-01

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcol

7 Virgins
3

7 Virgins

2005-10-14

Tano is 16-years-old and is already sitting in jail. In 48 hours he’s a free man and off to the wedd

The Piano
3.7

The Piano

1993-05-18

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-centu

Sugar Orange
2.7

Sugar Orange

2004-08-29

Lukas is Sugar, Clemens is Orange. Together, they are two ten-year-old boys who are inseparable. Mor

All About Eve
4

All About Eve

1950-11-09

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the re