Alternative Film Guide

Omaret yakobean / The Yacoubian Building, Marwan Hamed’s film version (from a screenplay by his father, Wahid Hamed) of Alaa’ Al-Aswany’s polemical 2002 best-selling novel, is going to be screened at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. A harsh critique of Egyptian society, The Yacoubian Building depicts the lives of several residents of a once grand, now decrepit Cairo apartment building, portraying some as pious hypocrites (including a corrupt imam), others as dissolute egotists, while not shying away from sexuality - whether hetero or homo - including pedophilia.

At a cost of approximately US$3 million, The Yacoubian Building is by far Egypt’s most expensive film production to date.

More on The Yacoubian Building on The Daily Star.

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