Youssef is a hotshot anesthesiologist who often sleeps in his car for privacy. Laila is the careerist host of a late night radio call-in show. These two members of Cairo's elite, lost souls traveling parallel paths of longing and disconnection, are the principal fish in Yousry Nasrallah's The Aquarium, a meditation on the intellectual capital of the Middle East, now bent under the sway of repression in all its forms.
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Cast
26 people
Hend Sabry
Laila
Known for
The Yacoubian Building
Four Daughters
Amr Waked
Youssef
Known for
Lucy
Wonder Woman 1984
Ihab Ayoub
Nasser Abdel-Rahman
Yousry Nasrallah
Also in
Microphone
An Egyptian Story
Gamil Ratib
Youssef's Father
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
Shadow of Evil
Denis Freyd
Also in
The Duchess of Langeais
Samah Anwar
Marguerite
Also in
Catalog
Raafat Al Haggan
Gabriel Khoury
Basem Samrah
Zakki
Known for
Cairo 6,7,8
The Yacoubian Building
Dorra Zarrouk
Marwa
Also in
Eagle of Upper Egypt
Goodnight
Ahmed Al Fishawy
Amr
Known for
Cairo 6,7,8
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Yousry Nasrallah Director · Nasser Abdel-Rahman Writer Mona Rabie Editor
United States release April 24, 2008 · Produced in Germany, Egypt, France · Production Misr International Films, Pandora Filmproduktion
Production
Archipel 33
Production
Misr International Films
Production
Pandora Filmproduktion
Production
Germany · Egypt · France
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Languages
Original title
جنينة الأسماك
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Germany · February 8, 2008
Premiere · Source: IMDB (Berlin)
United States · April 24, 2008
Tribeca Film Festival
Egypt
March 26, 2008
France
December 13, 2008 · TV premiere
Greece
November 16, 2008 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
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