The Yacoubian Building
2006 · 161 min · Director: Marwan Hamed
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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.
Emotional fingerprint
The Yacoubian Building (2006) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anger 30%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Anger, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Anger, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Empathy
- Disturbing
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Disturbing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 4′ | Humor | 33 % | 20 % | 20 % | 10 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Empathy | 38 % | 21 % | 27 % | 17 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Humor | 37 % | 13 % | 20 % | 14 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Humor | 37 % | 11 % | 18 % | 14 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Tension | 45 % | 19 % | 30 % | 27 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Disturbing | 50 % | 23 % | 38 % | 39 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Tension | 46 % | 19 % | 35 % | 35 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Empathy | 45 % | 25 % | 38 % | 30 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Empathy | 47 % | 29 % | 38 % | 35 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Disturbing | 45 % | 25 % | 32 % | 34 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Sadness | 49 % | 29 % | 36 % | 32 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Tension | 66 % | 40 % | 51 % | 50 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 101′ | Disturbing | 74 % | 50 % | 56 % | 64 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 109′ | Tension | 67 % | 51 % | 49 % | 49 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 117′ | Sadness | 62 % | 50 % | 48 % | 32 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 125′ | Tension | 55 % | 46 % | 45 % | 26 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 133′ | Sadness | 61 % | 54 % | 53 % | 39 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 141′ | Disturbing | 80 % | 61 % | 66 % | 66 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 149′ | Tension | 78 % | 48 % | 59 % | 60 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 157′ | Empathy | 63 % | 38 % | 50 % | 35 % |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Bothayna El Sayed
Taha El Shazly
Dawlat El Dessouki
Hatem Rashed
Christine
Fanous
Malek
Soad
Kamal el Fouly
Abd Raboh
Fekry Abdel Shaheed
Bar Owner
Ragaa
Fawzy Muhammad Azzam
Hameedo
Sheikh Samman
Details
- Directed by
- Marwan Hamed
- Written by
- Alaa' Al-Aswany, Wahid Hamed, Alaa Al Aswany, Wahid Hamid
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2006
- Runtime
- 161 min
- Country
- Egypt, France
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Anger
- Data updated
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