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2006
2h 45m
7.5IMDb
100%Rotten Tomatoes

Drama

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What it's about

Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Zika, an aging libertine, feuds with his sister. Pius Haj Azzam takes a second wife, in secret, to satisfy sexual drive within religious bounds. Bothayna, poor and beautiful, supports her family, wanting to do so with 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 brothers, Copts, one a tailor and one Zika's factotum, connive for property. Allah is on most everyone's lips, and corruption is in their hearts. European values, both refined and worldly, provide a subtext.

Cast and crew

Director: Marwan Hamed
Writer: Alaa' Al-Aswany, Wahid Hamed
Starring: Adel Emam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra

Details

Release date: Jun 21, 2006
Language: Arabic, French, English
Country: Egypt, France
Awards: 9 wins & 5 nominations