Omaret yakobean 2006

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by: Marwan Hamed
Written by: Wahid Hamid & Alaa Al Aswany
Release date: 2006-06-01
Runtime: 161 minutes
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Cast:
Adel Emam
Adel Emam
Zaki El Dessouki 
Nour El-Sherif
Nour El-Sherif
Hajj Muhammad Azzam 
Hend Sabry
Hend Sabry
Bothayna El Sayed 
Mohamed Imam
Mohamed Imam
Taha El Shazly 
Esaad Younes
Esaad Younes
Dawlat El Dessouki 
Khaled El Sawy
Khaled El Sawy
Hatem Rashed 
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Also known as:
  • The Yacoubian Building
  • 마렛 야코빈