The Yacoubian Building

The Yacoubian Building (2006) is an Egyptian drama you can watch online on iFILM — directed by Marwan Hamed, adapted from Alaa Al Aswany's bestselling novel of the same name.

An old art deco apartment block in Cairo, once home to the city's elite, now houses a dozen different lives at once. A faded aristocrat who still dresses for a vanished era. A young man who applied to the police academy, got rejected, and is finding answers in a mosque. A businessman arranging a parliamentary seat like a real-estate transaction. Their stories run in parallel rather than converging — the building is the only thing they share.

Egypt's most expensive production at the time, based on a novel banned in several countries for its frankness on class, religion, and desire. Stream The Yacoubian Building online on iFILM.