The Yacoubian Building ranks #3 among 44 Other Asia films released between 2005–2007.
Synopsis
عمارة يعقوبيان
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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Yacoubian Building. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2005–2007 Other Asia Window
Among 44 Other Asia films we catalog from this window, The Yacoubian Building places #3 — near the top of its class.
The 2000s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Other Asia, 130 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Yacoubian Building premiered alongside 13 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 13 other Other Asia films in 2006.
The 187th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
50 audience reviews — more than 87% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 73th percentile among Other Asia films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Yacoubian Building, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- social commentary · 5
- cairo · 4
- egypt · 29
- historical · 28
- gay theme · 67
- arabian · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #108 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (80th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #79 of 356 (top 22%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Egypt |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Spoken Languages | English, Arabic, French |
| Production Companies | Arab Co, Good News |
| Runtime | 2h 41m |
| Release Date | June 1, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0425321 |