WORLD CINEMA .
INDIE BRAZIL .
GARAGE CINEMA .
UNDERGROUND MUSIC .
DARK MATINÉE .
THE SANG-SOO'S WORLD .
RETRO INDIE
YACOUBIAN BUILDING
(Omaret Yacobean)
A film by Marwan Hamed, Egypt, 2006, 161´.
Original version with Portuguese subtitles.
Yacoubian is one of the oldest and most charming buildings in central Cairo. The routine of its tenants summarizes current Egyptian society. Zaki El Dessouki is a decadent playboy who keeps his poise. Bothayna, his neighbor, is a young and poor woman who has to accept her boss’s sexual harassment to support her family. Hatem, a journalist, uses his money to seduce a security agent.
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Marwan Hamed was born in 1977, in Egypt. He graduated in the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1999, and has directed over sixty ads. He has made a number of short films, including Cairo (1997), End of the World (1998), El Sheikh Sheikha (1999) and Lilly (2001). This is his first feature film.
http://www.bacfilms.com/site/yacoubian/
A film by Marwan Hamed, Egypt, 2006, 161´.
Original version with Portuguese subtitles.
Yacoubian is one of the oldest and most charming buildings in central Cairo. The routine of its tenants summarizes current Egyptian society. Zaki El Dessouki is a decadent playboy who keeps his poise. Bothayna, his neighbor, is a young and poor woman who has to accept her boss’s sexual harassment to support her family. Hatem, a journalist, uses his money to seduce a security agent.
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Marwan Hamed was born in 1977, in Egypt. He graduated in the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1999, and has directed over sixty ads. He has made a number of short films, including Cairo (1997), End of the World (1998), El Sheikh Sheikha (1999) and Lilly (2001). This is his first feature film.
http://www.bacfilms.com/site/yacoubian/
Schedule
08.10 – Usina 1 – 21:00
09.10 – Usina 1 – 20:50
08.10 – Usina 1 – 21:00
09.10 – Usina 1 – 20:50
