All language subtitles for The Yacoubian Building (Omaret yakobean)-2.en

I know you're very busy

And I'm at your service

I don't want you to be upset with
me because of the past 2 weeks

I didn't have any free time
to see you

I understand, Pasha

What do you want, Hajj?

I'm sure you checked me out when
you heard I wanted to meet you

and all I found out is good,
you're a stand up man

Thanks be to God

Everything comes from God

Listen, Pasha...

I want to contribute to the
service of the country

and the service of the people
where I have my businesses

and where there are people I've
lived amongst and loved

We're all like you, Hajj

but as they say, to each
his way of doing things

I've prayed and consulted God
almighty

and I thought I'd nominate myself
to the parliament...

for the Kassr Elnile district

- Kassr Elnile?
- Yes, they're my people

Do you know what we call that
district in the parliament?

The piece of cake

Could you explain to me?

Explain what?
I said "the piece of cake"

meaning that it's sweet

It has no problems,
no low income neighborhoods

no one to keep asking
for things

or the young people asking
for apartments or jobs...

until they make you hate
your life and get hypertension

- Where did you say you were from?
- From upper Egypt

Why don't you look for a sweet
district in upper Egypt?

I haven't been there for a long
time, and no one knows me there

- but in Kassr Elnile...
- Listen...

there are people who have asked
for that district

they've only asked, which means
there's room for negotiations

- Give me some time to think
- Good deeds should be expedited

It's a million, Kamal Pasha,
right?

Yes, but what do you think
of the drawing?

The drawing is very beautiful

but it's a lot of money

this money is not for me

it goes to several people

as for me, well, I have
enough money

I know, Pasha

I want you to know who was
asking for that district

- Who?
- Abu Rihab, you know him?

- Owner of Rida Welnour stores?
- Right

He's with the Moslem Brotherhood,
and you know that

and you're not on good terms with
them, how will you accept him?

When he runs for parliament,
no one can say no to him

that's democracy

- and we're a democratic country
- Yes

But if he runs he might win

he's blowing the market, selling
for half the price, and less

he has so money he can
buy votes

Nomination is easy

Anyone who wants to run, let him
run, no one will stop him

but how he can win?
That's our game

not by forgery, God forbid

but you can say we've studied
the psyche of the Egyptians

the people are holding on to
the government...

as if it were their mother

even if this government
does whatever it wants

this is our job

I know, but this the first
time we do business together

forget the million, for my sake,
make it half a million

Listen, Hajj...

I only know how to draw
two things

either a million...

or a billion

what do you say?

I agree, let's recite
the "Opening"

In the name of God most gracious
Praise be to God...

Master of the day of Judgment
You alone we worship...

The money has to be here next
week, in cash

of those whom You blessed, not of
those who have deserved wrath...

- Amen
- Congratulations, Hajj

Why is this wine white and that
other one red, Hatem?

When we eat fish, we drink
white wine

Then, the red one is for meat

How smart you are!
Bravo

- But why is all of this?
- We're celebrating

Celebrating what?

Everyone who finishes his tour of
duty goes home quietly

No, we're celebrating your
working full-time

also, the second surprise...

is that you won't go back
to your hometown

How? What about my son
and my wife?

They'll come live with you here

I found you an apartment,
and in the same building

there's a room on the roof whose
owner left and went home

and I rented it right away, for
your wife and son... Cheers

- What?
- Cheers

Cheers

- Cheers
- Cheers

Cheers, Hatouma

It's not like you think,
Zaki Pasha

I mean, the reciprocal cases...

between you and your sister,
won't be solved quickly

she's filed an incompetence case
against you...

and that will take years
to be over

and you've filed a case to prove
your right in the apartment

and this might take
a year or two

Could that be, Mr Fekry?

Mrs Christine...

this is our country
and we know it well

- What can I do, then, counselor?
- I'll tell you

but don't say that I suggested
this

some hoodlums

some hoodlums who can break
into the apartment in any way

either by breaking down the door
or a wall

the point is they should
occupy it...

and then you go in...

and live in it normally

of course, she'll file a lawsuit

which will take the courts forever
to come to a ruling

she could die before they ever
rule on it

- Is there no other solution?
- That's the only solution

- I can't do that
- But your sister is evil

she is very evil

We are the siblings of Abdela'al
Pasha, we don't that to each other

But you're the victim

Even if I am the victim

Dawlat is my sister and I have
to put up with her

and anyway, I'm not out
on the street

- Where's my coat?
- Where to, Zaki Pasha?

Zaki

Zaki

Zaki, I've never seen you
like this

and I've never seen you neglect
yourself like this, what is it?

Why didn't I get married?

I could have had children

and they would have definitely
changed my life

of course, you'll say that you
were available to me

but what can say about stupidity?

I was afraid I'd marry you and
then cheat on you

I'm weak in front of any whim

and then you would have
hated me

and that's the one thing I could
never bear

No, I would have forgiven you

That's what you think

My problem is that there were
important things in front of me

and I didn't see them

or I saw them after it was too late

- I'm going to go
- I'll take you

I've never hurt anyone

I've only hurt myself

even the women I slept with,
they were all consenting

they used to come into my house
and then leave very happy

that's why God will be very
merciful with me

He'll give me the greatest
discount...

20%, 30... 50%

Make them 100%...

You are forgiving...

and merciful

- How are you, Buthaina?
- What's up?

A great day, God willing...

and by the blessing of the
Virgin Mary full of grace

- What's your problem, man?
- Is that how you greet people?

There's no need to frown,
your secret is safe

- I have no secrets
- OK, you have no secrets

but I owe you a favor
for the sake of being neighbors

and your nice mother

What do you want?

- How much does Talal pay a month?
- 250 pounds

Because you're stupid, I swear
what I'm saying is no joke

I have a job for you
for 600 a month

a very respectable job

and if it's not, you'll make it
respectable

Our leaders claim...

that they rule us by the laws
of Islamic Shari'a...

and that they implement
democracy

and God knows that they're
lying on both counts

Islamic Shari'a is suspended
in our afflicted country

and the government earns
from gambling...

and selling alcohol...

and fornicating tourists

and what's worse...

is that the government turns
this money into employee salaries

and thus feeding its people
from illicit money...

and makes them perpetrators
of the proscribed

and then the curse of the
proscribed plagues us

I'm saying it clearly
and directly...

and without any ambiguity

we don't want our nation
to be democratic...

nor secular nor socialist

we want it to be Islamic

Islamic... Islamic

Islamic... Islamic

Islamic... Islamic

Islamic... Islamic

Islamic... Islamic

- Peace be upon you
- and you

How are you, Buthaina?

As you can see, I'm hanging
the laundry

- Where were you?
- I was praying Friday

Friday prayer has been over for
2 hours, maybe more

I pray at a far mosque,
and I like to walk

plus the fact that the Imam's
speech runs long

Religion facilitates affairs

look for a mosque near by

- What are these books?
- One of them is for you

- A gift?
- God willing

- Are you going to grow your beard?
- God willing, I'll never shave it

after today

Here's your book

Keep it, my hands are wet

or, you read it, I'm not too crazy
about reading

- I don't like your affairs
- You're not my guardian...

- to like them or dislike them
- Be reasonable

Leave my hand or I'll call out
to all the people here

- Has it come to that?
- Listen, Taha

I'll get to the point,
our story is over

In English, it's the "end"
they write at the end of a movie

each of us chose a path,
you've grown your beard

I wear short skirts and I like it,
so we don't fit together

He brought me a gift!
The veil before the check

I wish you'd spend one night here

so I can feel like I'm you wife,
like other married women

Smarten up, Suad, ours is not
common law marriage

I married you according
to Islamic law

also, spending the night
is not important

it's not the proof of love

- What are you doing?
- Shining your shoe

No, shining shoes is a science

let me... look...

O Lord! It's like you're
a real shoe shine boy

Yes, I like shining shoes

and it puts me in a good mood

- Thank you
- But I've noticed that you...

whenever you go to the other
house, you're dressed up

The other one is the origin, and
you've nothing to do with it

So, this house is the fake one?

There it's 24 carat gold,
and here it's fake?

Why ruin our mood?

The 24 carat gold is here

But there it's the house of the
mother of my children

they're not children,
they're grown up men

Then you should pick the words
you use

Forgive me

I wanted to ask you for a favor

Ask away, my love

- I want to go to Alexandria
- Why?

Did you forget that I have a son
I haven't seen for months?

And I miss my family, I'd like to
go smell the sea air

I'm staying in a huge apartment
alone, between the kitchen...

- and the TV and the bedroom
- You will not go alone

- I must be with you
- So, come with me

I can't leave Cairo for one
second these days

We can go in the afternoon
and come back at night...

as if you're resting here, or
let me go by myself

Neither this or that, and don't
forget that we have an agreement

- I have another solution
- Let me hear it

My brother can bring my son
so I can play with him a little

that's not part of the agreement
either

and why don't you play with me?

Seriously, playing with me...

is there anything better than it?
Bye

Thank you very much

Listen, Taha, love is neither
shameful nor forbidden

Real love... un-proscribed
love is allowed

The prophet, peace be upon him,
loved A'aisha

and you say you love this girl,
real love

I've known her since she was a
kid playing on the roof

we grew up together
and dreamed together

and felt happiness and
sadness together

I swear, among all the women
that God created...

I've never seen another,
or desired another

God knows how I feel
towards you

I don't like to see you
in a bad way

and I'd like to tell you that the
believer is always optimistic

and God willing, adversity
will be followed by comfort

She closed the door with every
key there is

Then comfort could be
with another

This girl is not all the
women in the world

Forget about her

Don't be upset

Which is better, loving a woman
or loving Jihad?

Loving God or loving a woman?

God bless you, you've instilled
comfort into my heart

Let's talk about what's important

Tomorrow, the university will not
be like it is every day

and I want you to have
a leading role, Taha

Islamic... neither eastern
nor western

Islamic... neither eastern
nor western

Islamic... neither eastern
not western

Islamic... neither eastern
nor western

Islamic... neither eastern
nor western

Islamic... neither eastern
nor western

Islamic... neither eastern
nor western

Islamic... neither eastern
nor western

- Steady
- Say God is great

- God is great
- Say God is great

God is great

- Say God is great
- God is great

- Say God is great
- God is great

- Say God is great
- God is great

- Say God is great
- God is great

- Say God is great
- God is great

- Say God is great
- God is great

- Say God is great
- God is great

- Say God is great
- God is great

- Say God is great
- Gos is great

- Say God is great
- God is great

- Say God is great
- God is great

God is great

- Say God is great
- God is great

God is great

- Say God is great
- God is great

Your excellency...

Miss Buthaina Elsayed...

daughter of the late Elsayed
A'antar, they live on the roof

Say hi to the Pasha, Miss

- Good evening, Pasha
- Hello

starting today, the office will
be your responsibility

- What's going on?
- Who are these people?

What do they want from us?

What do you want from us?

Why'd you take my son?

God suffices me,
He is the best protector

His name is Taha Mohamad
Elshathly and this is his file

and we found these books in his
house

Bring him down

Taha, I promise no one will
touch you again

and that you'll go out of here
right away

but you have to talk... to which
group do you belong?

I don't have a group

We found the books that all
groups were based on...

why was it at your house?

It's not illegal to own books

also, this is culture

You shouldn't lie to someone
who is trying to help you

and this is an insult to my
intelligence, I don't appreciate it

I was only participating
in the demonstration

The building where your father
works as a doorman...

a lot of high-class people
live in it

Whom among them do you know?

I know all of them

So, you must know
Mr Hatem Rashid

Of course, Pasha

What do you know about him?

He's a respectable journalist

and the editor of
Le Caire newspaper

What else?

That's all, Pasha

You see how you lie?

We know everything
about every body

We know what you don't know about
your mother or your father

Do you know that your mother was
married before she met your father?

That's the first time I hear
of that, pasha

Ask her when you get out

and see what she'll say

let's concentrate on
Hatem Rashid

He's... excuse my language...

- he's a homosexual
- Good

what does homosexual mean?

Pasha, you just...

you just said you know everything
about everyone

OK, Taha...

we'll do to you what they do
to Hatem Rashid

and we have people who do
this very well

what do you say?

- Take his clothes off
- No!

No!

O God!

- Hello, Pasha
- You're opening the door?

- Where's Fanouss?
- He went up to see his brother

The smell of the apartment has
changed since you came

- Thank you, Pasha
- What's up?

I paid the electric bill,
and Christine called

and your barber wants to know
when to stop by

and Fekry Abdelshahid the lawyer
called and said...

that he attended the court
session and got a postponement

and said he'll tell you everything
when he sees you

is someone suing you,
Pasha?

It's something trivial, my sister
Dawlat is suing me

These are dark times when a
sister sues her brother

you're her support

She'll go back to her senses

May God show her the
right way

- Do You want anything from me?
- No, Buthaina, you can leave

- I'll see you later
- Good bye

Buthaina...

you're an excellent girl
and I feel comfortable with you

I wish you'd be with me
all the time

I'll be with you as long as you're
happy with me

and you pay me well, and you
treat me very well

Buthaina, don't misunderstand
me

God created beauty...

for people to see...

and to love and respect

- What do you mean, Pasha?
- I mean you're beautiful

beautiful, but you need
the touch of an artist

would you put yourself
in my hands?

I took an oath never to refuse
you anything

May I change your hairdo?

How do you want it to look?

Look at yourself in the mirror

It's the taste of Pashas

Go on, you're late

"Groppi"

Thank God for your safe
return, son

Thank you

I was worried about you

you've been out for a while

Ever since I came out,
I went into my room...

and I only left it
to come meet you

Thank God you got
the message

What did you tell them?

If I had told them anything,
I wouldn't have come out

- and you would have gone in
- God bless you, son

Yes, but...

- you don't know what happened
- I can imagine everything

- It surpasses imagination
- Infidels can do anything, son

Even infidels wouldn't do
what they did to me

- Calm down
- Good evening, sir

- What would you like to drink?
- Bring me tea

- Two teas
- At your service

I want you to go back to
college and study well

What College and what studies?

That is all over

I want you to be true to me
as I was to you

and just as you had requests
which I carried out...

I have requests I want you to help
me carry out

We'll help you if we can

- I want revenge
- Did they torture you that badly?

- They raped me
- Lower your voice

Calm down

Don't say that to anyone else,
control yourself

people are looking at us

What's that you're wearing,
Abu Wa'el?

A gift form the mister,
may God reward him

Since when do you wear
see through underwear?

I took it because I shouldn't
turn him down

after all, he's given us a lot
and he likes us

Why are you quiet? Answer me,
or am I talking to myself?

I don't feel good about this man

- He helps us live a good life
- The hell with his good life

- Also, this is not your scent
- Hell!

Are you going to smell me?

You're going to be like that?

Smell me as I am, then

Shut up

Shut up

This area is not known
to them

No one knows anything
about it

You haven't come in a long
time, Sheikh Shaker

I come when there is an
absolute need

Our son Taha Elshathly,
the one I told you about

God willing, he'll be
comfortable here

Sheikh Bilal,
the Ameer of the camp

and he's responsible for
preparation and execution

God willing, you'll be
his charge...

until he prepares you
for the mission

Hello

- Hello, Mr minister
- How are you, Hajj?

- Fawzi, my eldest son
- Yes, of course...

- how are you, Fawzi?
- How are you, sir?

- How are you, Fawzi?
- If you please, Pasha...

- could you move to another table?
- Sure...

- Come, A'azam
- What is it, Pasha?

He says that table is not
well protected

they'll get us another one...
you know how security is

your inquest at the parliament
yesterday was great

it was good, I told the TV
people to air it

so, watch yourself

What, Pasha?
Give it to your uncle

- OK, I'm fine
- Give him Kofta, it's not heavy

- Here you go
- I forgot to congratulate you

Thank you, but for what?

- For the car dealership
- From your lips to God's ears

It's still just talks, the Japanese
are completing their inquiries

- See how you're father is?
- I swear to God...

- we haven't signed a single paper
- What is it, boy?

What's wrong, Hajj A'azam?

I'm Kamal Elfoly, nothing in this
country gets past me

- This is well known, sir
- May God keep us on good terms

- Here you go
- May God help seal the deal

this contract will get you 200
million a year, at least

and this is too big for
you, hajj

you could choke on it

Can you explain?

We want one quarter

- One quarter of what?
- Of the profits

Shouldn't I know exactly
who "you" are?

What's the matter, Hajj? I've
always said you had street smarts

What do you mean?

I'm not alone, Hajj A'azam

there are many people with me

but you can say they like
to keep a low profile

think of me as a delegate

A respectable people who do
not accept impoliteness...

What do you like about the
bull this man is saying?

Wait, let's see time's fiasco

the worst fiasco

Cheap naked girls...

I don't know where they
got them from...

and now there's a TV
in every home

and in every home, there are
our daughters and wives...

- So, we must...
- You're still young

this esteemed representative used
to shine shoes at the corner

You drink a lot
and way too early

- People usually drink at night
- Just passing time, you want some?

- No, Pasha
- You never drank before?

Never, and I've learned from
the films I see on TV

- You want me to drink something?
- I'll give you an idea...

at the beginning, it's sour

but then it makes you
very happy

I don't care what you say

- What a waste
- It's not a waste

I mean the difference between
us and foreigners

foreigners appreciate alcohol

and they like it

here, we appreciate hash

- There's a big difference
- Zaki Pasha...

I don't like either, you just
live like foreigners do, sir

Listen, if you care about me...

Stop saying "sir",
it's true, I'm an old man...

but you don't have to keep
reminding me

- call me Zaki
- I'll say Zaki Pasha

OK, what I want to say...

is that living the life of the
foreigners is not strange

I was one of them, I lived and
studied in Paris

Paris

I know it like I know Cairo

- They say Paris is beautiful
- Of course...

- Paris is the whole world
- Why'd you leave it?

You should have stayed there

I'm stupid

You can say it was stupidity,
or destiny

- You look like you want to travel
- I wish

- Where would you like to go?
- Anywhere...

away from this forsaken place

Do you hate your country?

It never did me anything good
to make me like it

Buthaina... it's true you're poor

but poverty has nothing to do
with patriotism

What patriotism? Am I the only
one who wants to leave?

Everybody wants to leave

You know if life was like it
was a very long time ago...

before they came up with
passports and visas...

the whole population
would have left

If you're not good to your country
you won't be good to anyone

That's because you live in it
as a Pasha

What are your problems? Your
sister is quarreling with you

So what?

the problem is with people who
can't eat or feed their families

people who keep looking for jobs
and no one cares about them

people who put up with humiliation
whether they're sitting or walking

you only walk in Seliman street,
try to go somewhere else

and see what goes on, Egypt has
become very hard on its people

that's why every body
wants to leave

not because they hate it, but they
can't bear its injustice

Why did you stand up?

So I can get things off
my chest

You couldn't have done that
sitting down?

Anyway, I'm to blame for
this bad mood...

because I opened up this
touchy subject

Listen, I'm going to get you
out of this mood

You'll listen to the most
beautiful voice in the world

a French singer called
Edith Piaf

Have you heard of her?

I don't know French

You don't have to know French

you just need to feel the beauty
of the voice

and the beauty of the performance

and the lovely tune

This song reminds me
of nice days

and happy memories

This song talks about a girl
standing in the middle of a crowd

and the crowd kept
pushing her away

until she found herself in front
of a man she didn't know

but she had nice feelings
towards him

she felt that she wanted to live
with him forever

live with him forever

then the crowd wave
came back...

and pushed her away from him

and she started feeling lonely
again

What a shame

Come here

Your eyes are very beautiful

This is the first time someone
really sees my eyes

Mind you, we have to stay friends

Of course, friends

You know, Houda...

I'm beginning to like the smell
of cigarettes

But not all cigarettes
smell nice

I know these are
filled with hashish

- Doesn't religion forbid them?
- You think I'd do that?

If the were forbidden
I wouldn't have touched them

I guess this is not good stuff
because you're not in a good mood

No, I'm in a good mood...

but I'm preoccupied with work,
and work is not all good

it has a lot of problems, too

What if I tell you something
that will make you happy...

and just float up high,
what would you do for me?

Talk, maybe you'll
ease my mind

I'm...

I'm...

- I'm 2 months pregnant
- What?

God damn you and
your parents!

I don't need this?
Didn't we have an agreement?

What's this got to do with
agreements? It's God's will

Can anyone say to God's will
that there was an agreement?

I'll say it once, you have to have
an abortion, I don't need it

- and you don't need it either
- I do need it

it's a piece of me, do you want
to cut out a piece of me?

If you don't have an abortion
then I'll divorce you

Divorce me, and God's
law will rule between us

- Thank God for your safe return
- What's wrong with you?

Do you see me coming back from
my job in the Gulf?

- Where are you coming back from?
- From work

But it's nice work,
the nicest work

- Didn't we have an agreement?
- Yes, and I'm committed to it

You said I'd have to repay your
favor, so what's the agreement?

Come inside and I'll tell you
exactly what I want from you

"Contract of partnership"

- Have you lost your mind?
- Listen here, girl...

this is work, not fooling around

that hunk of junk called Zaki Pasha
is over

he's already got one foot
in the grave

when he dies the apartment will
belong to Fekry Abdelshahid

this is a contract of partnership
between me and the Pasha

when he dies, the apartment
will be mine

so I can go in and never
have to leave it

I want his signature on
every paper in the contract

and this is a simple job
for you

make him sing when he's drunk
or when you're sleeping together

- I don't care
- You're nothing like your name

you're not a Copt, you're a devil
hiding among the Copts

I'll give you 5 thousand pounds

you'll get them when you bring
me the Pasha's signature

I don't think there's another man
as straight as me

whether I was Coptic or Jewish
or Moslem

think of your mother
and brothers and sisters

you need the money

You might die before Zaki

In that case I will have at least
tried

take the contract

Assuming that I'll get the
signature of Zaki Dosouki...

- how do I guarantee you'll pay?
- We'll exchange...

- no money no contract
- Malak Armanious...

never goes back on his word

I'll give you the money before
you give me the contract

Who is it?

Quick, your son is burning with
fever and throwing up...

and I don't know what to do

What are you waiting for?
Your son's condition is serious

tell the Mr to call an ambulance,
if he really cares for you

Go get the boy and meet me
downstairs quickly

Why are you still here? Go

- It's a catastrophe
- God willing, it'll be fine

don't worry, your son will get
the best of care

don't worry

What's wrong with him?

Be strong, and may God
grant you patience

They took my boy away!

My boy, Abd Rabbu!

My boy!

Oh, fruit of my womb!

They took my son

Abd Rabbu, they took my son
away!

My son!

My son!

Did you talk to your sister?

- Yes, Hajj
- Did you convince her?

Listen, Hajj...

you're a regular guy and you
like to do what's right

true, I can talk to her, but not
when it comes to God's law

And the agreement between us?

Any agreement which negates
God's law becomes void

- This is you have to say?
- It's all she has to say

Thank you, you did what you
could, chief Hamidu

I think you can just about
catch the train

chief Hamidu...

shouldn't you take some time
and rethink things...

and do what's good? Personal
relations should be respected

I don't need to think, you're
the one who needs to think

we don't go against God's laws,
and God is on our side

But keep in mind...

no one knows where God's will
might lead him

Leave me, you bitches!

Smother her with it

After this, we'll get another
one that's bigger

Hello, mister minister

- How are you, congratulations
- Thank you, Mr Kamal

A picture, Kamal Pasha

I want to talk to you urgently

Set the time and place you like

- Now, find a place to sit in
- Come this way

- You've made a mistake, Hajj
- I ask God's forgiveness

- I always keep my word
- You're stalling

You've had the contract for
2 months, what's going on?

This is a contract for one quarter,
the Japanese must be told

ot they'll think I'm cheating and
they'll take away the dealership

What's wrong? Do you think I
run a furniture store?

You're talking to a man who
can move the whole country

Everybody knows who you are
and what you can do

No, wait...

we have a saying that goes...

whoever carried the donkey
up the stairs...

is the only one who can
take it down

The donkey?

What does that mean?

It means that I can get you out
of the parliament...

- and with a scandal
- Is this a threat?

I'm not a nobody so that you or
someone else can threaten me

Well, well...

- you've become quite strong
- You started

I hope you're not counting on
the parliament immunity

or you'd be very naive

a couple of sessions in parliament
can make you lose it

- and people with skeletons...
- No, I've no skeletons

You have skeletons everywhere

I'll tell you about a small
skeleton

What did you do about
the mandatory draft?

Nothing in your file proves that
you performed military service

So what if I leave the
parliament?

The parliament benefited from me,
I didn't benefit from it

Without the Parliament you'd be
naked in a crowded street

I told you before, I'm not alone

I'm just a delegate

and I'm the nicest one
in the group

- Don't be stubborn
- Tell you what, Mr Kamal...

- why don't we sit and talk
- Who's "we"?

You and me and the ones
you say you represent

give me a chance to explain to them
and they might understand

No, there no use

Mr Kamal...

I went into parliament
with my money

and even if I leave it...

I'll just think of it as
merchandise that got burnt

Dad, the Japanese guy looks
like he wants to leave

Isn't he going to listen to the
singer? Join us, Mr Kamal

No, I'll leave you to your
singer

- Good night
- Good night

- What is it, dad?
- Everything has a limit

and your father knows when
to say "no"

I swear you must have known
this Mrs Christine

It's like she's singing
just for you

She's singing for both of us

No woman forgets the man
she loved

You're right

but Christine and I dealt with
each other like foreigners do

the love that was between us
turned into friendship

it's difficult for two people
in love to become enemies

even if they leave each other

You know, Zaki Pasha...

if I find someone like you,
but younger...

I'd marry him right away

You'll never find a younger
version of me, my beauty

we are the last of the
respectable men

Don't ask me to sing again

I can listen to you all night

Christine...

you are all the happy memories
in my life

- You've had a lot to drink
- That's true...

Please, Madame, for my sake,
take the bottle away

- Only you can handle him
- She's from the roof

Welcome back, Mr Hatem

you don't usually stay late
at work like this

Thank you, Shathly,
I just got back from Alexandria

I was invited to a party which
the prime minister was at

- Is there a problem, Shathly?
- Yes, sir

Here you go, sir

- What are these?
- The keys to the Nasr City kiosk

and this is the key for the room
on the roof

Abd Rabbu took his wife
and left the building

That dog!

That Dog!

May God show you the right way

God suffices us,
He is the best protector

Mister Issam

Madame Rashid

Professor Rashid

Mister Issam, your wife
is with the French Consul

- Hatem, go out
- Hatem, go out

Typical Parisian prostitute

You've nothing to do with Idrees,
you never loved me like Idrees

Father

Father

A half hour a week...

- I'm very busy
- It's not a half hour...

you've never played with me

Idrees, what are you doing?

You left me for the servants
to play with me

What do you want? Why are you
upset? why're you looking this way?

Thank you

Thank you very much

you bastard...

You asked me once and said...

why didn't you...

why didn't you stay in Paris?

and I said it was destiny

the truth was something else

This country was better than
Paris

The latest fashions started here

before they hit Paris

the streets were very clean

they used to wash it every day,
and the stores were fancy

and the people were polite

Let's talk upstairs, people are
staring at us

Why do they stare at us?

Let them stare at the country
that went to hell...

at the buildings that were better
than European buildings...

and now have become garbage
dumps on top...

and an abomination
at the bottom

We live in the time
of abomination

I'm the oldest tenant in this
building

the oldest one

I lived the best days of my life
in it

and the best people live in it
with me

from the first princesses...

till you, my princess

Zaki Pasha, let's go upstairs

and then you can say all you want

- Let's go
- I'm the oldest tenant

the oldest one

I want a favor from you, Pasha

You can ask me for anything

ask for the whole of
Seliman Pasha street

I'm the oldest tenant
in the building

I applied at the bank for a loan
for 5 thousand pounds

but they said I need
a guarantor

I'd guarantee you with my life

If I don't guarantee you...

then who will?

I have the papers

would you sign them?

No, this way

Yes, I got the...

the pen

What is it, Pasha?

- What is it?
- I want to go to the bathroom

Are you OK, Pasha?

I hope you're OK, come with me

Come with me, I hope
you're OK, Pasha

I hope you're OK, Pasha

Come

- I hope you're OK, Pasha
- I'm well

Zaki Pasha

Get up

- What's wrong, Madame?
- Where am I?

Thank God for your safety,
you suffered a bad hemorrhage

A hemorrhage, you bastards!
They aborted me by force

I'm going to take you all
to hell

Save me, Hamidu

They aborted me by force,
Hamidu

They killed my son

They did their evil deed

Mrs Suad, everything is
destined

Hajj A'azam never went against
the agreement, but you did

and everyone should bear
the consequences of his mistakes

May God take revenge on you
and your father and your family

you infidels, you disbelievers

I will not put up with
any impoliteness

You suffered a hemorrhage and we
took you the best hospital

The Hajj knows God's
commandments very well

and he has never gone
against his laws

Hajj A'azam has divorced you

And you'll get all your legal
rights, and more

You brother has a cheque
for 20 thousand pounds

and he hospital bill
has been paid in full

and anything of yours in the
apartment, no matter how small

will be sent to your house
in Alexandria

What's this?

What's going on?

I apologize, Hajj, our job
is always annoying

I'm major Hamdy Sha'aban from
the drug enforcement agency

- What do we have to do with drugs?
- Ask your father

- You know I have immunity
- We know that very well...

Mister representative,
but why are you so worried?

The men might not find
anything

What are you photographing?

No, they'll find something

May I use the phone?

As you wish, sir

Yes, Pasha...

Thank you very much,
Mr Armanios

Malak, Mrs...
Malak Armanios

Mr Malak...

this is a small sum
for your gallantry

Mrs Dawlat, you don't know
me well

I own a workshop

I informed of this...

to save the reputation of a
respectable and noble family

But I still need you for the
more important favor

And I'm at your service

Brother Taha, the Amir
wants you now

I wish I'd met you
a long time ago

It wouldn't have worked out

Why not?

I was just a kid

a baby

You're still a baby

a baby full of femininity

and caring

and compassion

and gallantry

I wish I would live long

so I could live with you
the longest time possible

May God let you live long

I'm 65 years old

You could live till 100

I heard someone on TV...

say that when you love life,
life love you back

That's possible

Zaki Pasha...

I've fallen in love with you

because you respected me

and protected me

you were never lecherous

Let's travel somewhere

After a week or two...

I'll get the revenue
from the land

and we can travel

- To Paris
- To Paris

Paris

and you can look at the
restaurants and stores...

and theatres and museums

and the forests just outside
of Paris

we can chase each other around

I'm still a virgin

Come in

feel at home...

anyway, the last time...

Enough adultery!
Enough filth!

What is it?

How can you come into people's
homes without permission?

- We're the police
- Do you have a court order?

Are you going to teach me my
job? The Mrs is your sister

and filed a report that you
practice adultery in her home

My sister filed the report?
This is not her home

this is my office and she
doesn't live with me

She opened the door
with her own key

and you can say whatever you want
at the station

- It's a case of flagrante delicto
- Yes, flagrante delicto

I'll show you! You're violating
the sanctity of my home

The sanctity of the home or the
prostitute next to you?

Prostitute?

She's more honorable than you,
you bitch

You see, officer? He's calling me
names and hitting me

This is another crime,
add it to the report

Calm down, Madame, everything
will be in the report

Bring him and the girl to the
station, as they are

Get off me

I won't leave naked,
and neither will she

even if you kill us,
Don't you come close!

Come close...

I need you

Idriss...

I'm so lonely

Sit, A'azam

Major Hamdy said you came clean
before they found the drugs

Because they were going to
find it

Just so you know that we know
everything about you

Neither car dealerships
nor shoe stores...

make all this money

we know everything about you
from the beginning

Your file is full, everything
is in it

What are you going to do?

I'm ready to sign the contract

Some articles have been altered

I agree to them, of course

I saw you photographs,
what the hell...

Whenever the drug enforcement
people are sure of something

- they take journalists with them
- I don't need a scandal

No, everything is fine
since you talked to me

What are we going to do to
get out of this dilemma?

It's already over

after they checked the
heroine canisters...

they turned out to be full
of car shining powder

50%%%, A'azam

Go to my son's office
to sign the contract

Mr Kamal...

- Congratulations on the company
- Thank you

we're partners in everything...

right?

It's true what they say...

Do whatever the monkey wants
on it's turf

There's nothing wrong with a monkey
obeying another monkey

"Today's journalism"

The coast is clear

You'll be next to the building,
on the other sidewalk

You'll find the guards,
once he comes out, get away

because he'll be in the line
our fire

- How will I recognize him?
- Once he comes out of the building

I'll blow the horn,
depend on God

- Good evening
- Good evening

- Where's Dewan street?
- Where'd they tell you it was?

- Here, in Garden City
- Where in Garden City?

- Close to Mamal Elsukar street
- Mamal Elsukar is the next left

- Yes, sir, the car is coming
- I see it

- Get the car
- Do you know Dewan street?

I don't know

Help!

Taha!

Abdelshafee, cover me and I'll
get Taha

Taha!

I believe I have the right
to use the phone

Quiet, lover boy

A man like you should
be ashamed of himself

He looks like the guy on the
tea packages

There's a book called
The elder regresses to his youth

This is the elder

There is law in this country,
Mr Zaki

and what's going on is
a crime

I have to talk to the assistant
minister of the interior

so he can come see what
the junior officers...

- do to respectable people
- And who are you?

I'm Fekry Abdelshahid
the lawyer

have you heard of me?

These people insulted me,
and insulted this poor girl

Very good, let's fill out
report of cursing and slander...

by the police officers...
what's with you, Dawlat?

What did your brother do to deserve
all these insults?

Anyway, the law will
give Mr Zaki his rights

Buthaina...

what we went through tonight
is the best of the worst

there are much worse problems

What's all this evil
that's inside Dwalat?

And where did she get the key
from? I don't understand

We have to forget what happened
to us tonight

We have to forget the
insults

or we'll die from grief

I've always been unlucky

I have no luck

Come in

Over there

Good evening

- Congratulations, bride
- Thank you

- Sing "La vie en rose", Christine
- Just for you

When he holds me in his arms

and talks to me softly

I see life through rose colored
glasses

He tells me words of love

words that live forever

and that makes me feel
important

He entered into my heart

as part of my happiness

and I know why...