Genre : Social Drama

Based on the bestsellers ‘Yacoubian Building’ by Alaa Al Aswani, the film is about a mythical building in Cairo and the political evolution of the Egyptian society in the past fifty years.

The Yacoubian is a luxury apartment building which was built in Cairo in the late ’30s. At the dawn of the 21st century, the Yacoubian still has charm and a reputation for elegance, but is beginning to show clear signs of decay, and the rooftop laundry facilities now double as flats for the less fortunate. Among the residents of Yacoubian is Haj Azzam (Nour El Sherif), a smug self-made business tycoon noted for his strict religious views. However, Azzam’s public morality is a far cry from his private life, in which he uses his fortune to buy both political influence and a beautiful widow (Somaya El Khashab). Hatem Rasheed (Khaled El Sawy) is a respected newspaper editor who has a shocking secret — he’s homosexual, and he pays for relationships with young street patrolmen up from the country to do their military service. Zaki Pasha El Desouki (Adel Imam) is an aging self-styled lady killer who has long lived at the Yacoubian off the largesse of his family. When his sister kicks him out of their flat, he is forced to move into the office he used for his trysts. Meanwhile, Bosaina (Hind Sabry), who lives in one of the rooftop apartments and cleans Zaki’s room, has grown tired of her relationship with her boyfriend, Taha (Mohamed Imam), who has developed a troubling interest in Muslim extremism.

Director : Marwan Hamed
Writer : Alaa Al Aswani
Stars: Adel Imam - Hend Sabry - Khaled El Sawi - Somaya El Khashab - Nour El Shrif - Esaad Yunis