Synopsis
جنينة الأسماك
Youssef is a hotshot anesthesiologist who often sleeps in his car for privacy. Laila is the careerist host of a late night radio call-in show. These two members of Cairo's elite, lost souls traveling parallel paths of longing and disconnection, are the principal fish in Yousry Nasrallah's The Aquarium, a meditation on the intellectual capital of the Middle East, now bent under the sway of repression in all its forms.
The 2007–2009 Other Asia Window
47 Other Asia films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Aquarium sits at position #21.
The 2000s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Aquarium premiered. 130 total titles in this decade from Other Asia.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #278 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #210 of 356 (top 59%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Germany, Egypt, France |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Runtime | 1h 46m |
| Release Date | February 8, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt1173708 |