The Yacoubian Building

Based on Alaa al Aswani’s bestselling novel, The Yacoubian Building gathers everyone who is anyone in the Egyptian film world under one leaking roof, and delivers as blistering a critique of almost every level of Egyptian society as one can get away with these days. The novel caused a phenomenon throughout the Arab world with its depiction of homosexuality, religious fanaticism, sexism - and corruption of every stripe imaginable. 28-year old first-timer Marwan Hamed delivers a vibrant movie epic riddled with heartbreak and ironies. sk