portrays the lives of residents in an old Cairo building "The Yacoubian Building", highlighting issues like corruption, extremism, class disparity, and sexuality. Through diverse characters, the film offers a critical examination of the Egyptian society
Tawfiq imports spoiled food for children which causes thousands of children to fall ill. Despite the efforts of the journalist Nabila to expose him, he is able to escape abroad, so the officer in charge, Fouad, decides to take the law into his own hands.
Attia (Yehia al-Fakharani) works as a simple employee, after his mother-in-law threatens to break his engagement from her daughter because of his delay in getting an apartment. He travels to his hometown to sell his inheritance. There he falls in love with Kharyia (Leila Alawi) daughter of Kamal...
When Ayman El-Sersawy, a flirty businessman, marries his secretary Omnia, his frequent trips to Italy raises questions. After he convinces Omnia that those trips are to meet up with his friend Salem whom she wishes to meet, he is shocked to find an unknown man in his house claiming to be Salem.
The events of the play decided about King Lear, who decided to distribute his possessions to his three daughters, and because his youngest daughter consented to him, he deprived her of his blessings, and another for his distribution of property stipulated that one of his numbers in choosing...
A wrongfully convicted man falls in love with his fellow inmate. They decide to get married after their release and seek revenge on a corrupt businessman.
Omar, the deaf, mute, is subjected to expulsion and displacement from his home after the death of his father, due to the return of the house to the owner company.
Shaker returns from Doha after an absence of eight years hoping to resume his life in Cairo with his siblings Fawzia, Najwa, Ibrahim and Mahdi, after achieving them financial security. He's shocked by the social changes that happened while he was away that affected them,making them no longer need...
Ahmed leaves the town after his boss refuses to marry his daughter to him, but his father's passing forces him to go back and deal with unexpected issues.
Mansour (Mahmoud Abdel Aziz) is sentenced to death by hanging for communicating with Israel before the October War, and intelligence officer Mohy (Farid Shawky) devises a plan to replace Mansour, the "spy" with Egyptian officer Ezzeldin , because of the big resemblance between them so that he...
Siraj checks for half a million pounds from the bank for the contracting company and his girlfriend Kawther. The employee Yousuf and Nishal Rifai covet the seized bag and kidnap her as they reach an abandoned place, but discover that the bag is empty. They agree to look for the original bag. He...
Refat is a teacher with a heart disease, who marries the poor girl Salwa, despite the opposition of his mother who is trying to persuade him to divorce her in exchange for his share in the inheritance. Salwa resorts to holy people hoping to cure her husband.
Koky, the little boy whose teacher tells him the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, does not believe that Ali Baba is a hero and wants to try him for his crimes. His parents perform a trial for Ali Baba to calm him down, but something unexpected happens.
As Salwa takes the train to Alexandria, she runs into her old sweetheart whom she left for a wealthy man. As the train breaks down, they engage in a conversation that reveals so much about who they once were and how their lives took different courses.
Gamal sings at local weddings. His brother Salah, a chemist, tries to convince him to quit drugs and gives him some weed that is made out of harmless substances. When a drug dealer grows impressed by Salah's formula, Salah succumbs to the temptation of money.
Mohsen owns a shipping company and marries Afaf. On their wedding night, the mother gives her a priceless necklace. When Mohsen loses his money on gambling , he steals her valuable necklace. After their boat sinks along with the safe containing the necklace,Mohsen dives with his wife to search for...
Nadia completely rejects the idea of marriage, but her mother insists on marrying her off so that her younger sister Hoda can join her. Shaarawy proposes to Nadia, but she does not see him as the right husband for her and that he is the last person she would think of marrying. However, as the...
Abdel Rahim is a wealthy businessman who amassed his fortune through illegal means, assisted by his business manager, Madkour. Ibrahim also works for him as the manager of one of his retail branches. Ibrahim transports goods hoarded by Abdel Rahim to increase their prices to the store. One day, a...