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Writers:
Alaa' Al-Aswany (novel)
Wahid Hamid (writer)
Release Date:
21 June 2006 (Egypt) more
Plot:
Meditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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(2 articles)
Foreign Oscar Hopefuls
(From ioncinema. 20 October 2006)
Tribeca 2006 winners!
(From ioncinema. 8 May 2006)
User Comments:
I have witnessed a masterpiece 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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Yacoubian Building (International: English title) (USA)
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Egypt:161 min
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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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This movie is no different from any other Oscar winning film. What I have witnessed is far beyond any Egyptian movie. This film has successfully captured all of the dysfunctional aspects of Egyptian society, squeezed taboos to the last drop, and left the audience laughing from the heart. I expected it to be good but not this good it's amazing go watch it, support decent movies for a change. 3 hours but couldn't keep my eyes off of it. I'm really hoping that this film wins an Oscar to show Egyptian film makers that hard work does pay off. Films like zay elhawa and elghawas should not be in theaters, unless products contain effort, the audience should not have to put up with it.