The Yacoubian Building
- Country
- Egypt
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This series follows a group of people living in a famous Cairo apartment building. Their different lives intersect and show conflicts over class, politics, and tradition in modern Egypt.
thoughtfullayeredsombersocially observantslow-paceddramaticurbancharacter-driven
What happens
The Yacoubian Building (Arabic: عمارة يعقوبيان ʿImārat Yaʿqūbīān) is a 2007 Egyptian television series based on the scenario of Atef Beshai and directed by Ahmad Saqr. The television series is based on the 2002 novel The Yacoubian Building by Egyptian author Alaa el-Aswany and the 2006 film, The Yacoubian Building, by Marwan Hamed, with the mentioning of the character of the homosexual in the original film being excised from the TV series adaptation of the novel because of its controversial nature in Arabic culture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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