Event time:
Monday, October 24, 2016 - 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Location:
Luce Hall (LUCE), Auditorium
(Location is wheelchair accessible)
34 Hillhouse Ave.
New Haven, CT
06511
Event description:
An eye-catching construction, the Yacoubian Building in Cairo was long regarded as the last word in comfort and elegance. Nowadays the veneer has cracked and the shine has dulled to reveal the truth underneath the façade. Through interwoven stories of a number of the residents, the film paints a portrait of corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo and creates a vibrant but socially critical picture of contemporary Egypt.
Directed by Marwan Hamed (Egypt, 2006). In Arabic with English subtitles. 165 minutes.
Free