Fiche Film
Cinéma/TV
LONG Métrage | 2005
Immeuble Yacoubian (L’)
Titre original : Omaret Yacoubian [Original title] / Edificio Yacoubian [Brazil]
Date de sortie en France : 23/08/2006
Pays concerné : Égypte
Support : 35 mm
Durée : 165 minutes
Genre : drame
Type : fiction
Livre source : Immeuble Yacoubian (L’)

Français

Construit en 1930 en plein coeur du Caire, l’immeuble Yacoubian est le vestige d’une splendeur révolue. Aujourd’hui, à travers les chemins des habitants qui s’y croisent, se dessine un portrait sans fard de l’Egypte moderne, où se mêlent corruption politique, montée de l’islamisme, fracture sociale, absence de liberté sexuelle et nostalgie du passé : le portrait d’une société complexe et colorée, surprenante et attachante.

Cast
Zaki El Dessouki Adel IMAM
Haj Azzam Nour EL SHERIF
Christine Yousra
Dawlat Issad YOUNIS
Malak Ahmed BEDEIR
Bothayna Hend SABRY
Hatem Rachid Khaled EL SAWY
Kamal El Fouly Khaled SALEH
Fanous Ahmed RATEB
Soad Somaya EL KHASHAB
Abd Raboh Bassem SAMRA
Taha El Shazly Mohamed IMAM


Réalisation Marwan Hamed
Scénario Waheed Hamed
D’après le roman de Alaa El Aswany
Production Good News Group
Superviseurs de production Sameh Gobran, Adel Adeeb
Directeurs de production Good News 4 Film & Music
Coordinateur de production Karim Shaker
Producteur exécutif Nabil Sobhi
Directeur de la photographie Sameth Selim
Monteur Khaled Marei
Musique Khaled Hammad
Décors Fawzy Awamry
Costumes Nahed Nassrallah

Sortie France : le 23 août 2006
Sortie Belgique : le 20 décembre 2006

English

Yacoubian Building (The)
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.

YACOUBIAN BUILDING (Omaret Yacobean)
A film by Marwan Hamed, Egypt, 2006, 161′.
Original version with Portuguese subtitles.

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). YACOUBIAN BUILDING (Omaret Yacobean), in 2005, is his first feature film.

Source:
www.indiefestival.com.br/indie2007/ing/ct.asp?mostra=pr&filme=5&qtd=19

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PORTUGUES
O Yacoubian é um dos edifícios mais antigos e charmosos do centro do Cairo. A rotina dos moradores sintetiza a atual sociedade egípcia. Zaki El Dessouki é um playboy decadente, mas que mantém a pose. Sua vizinha Bothayna, uma jovem pobre, precisa ceder às investidas do patrão para sustentar a família. O jornalista Hatem usa seu dinheiro para seduzir um segurança.

EDIFÍCIO YACOUBIAN (Omaret Yacobean)
Um filme de Marwan Hamed, Egito, 2006, 161′.
Versão original com legendas em português.

SOBRE O DIRETOR
Marwan Hamed nasceu em 1977, no Egito. Graduou-se no Higher Institute of Cinema, em 1999, dirigiu mais de sessenta comerciais. Fez vários curtas, entre eles, Cairo (1997), End of the World (1998), El Sheikh Sheikha (1999) e Lilly (2001). EDIFÍCIO YACOUBIAN (Omaret Yacobean) é seu primeiro filme de longa-metragem.

Source:
www.indiefestival.com.br/indie2007/port/ct.asp?mostra=pr&filme=5&qtd=19
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