THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING (Egypt) Based on a taboo-breaking 2002 novel by Alaa el Aswani, this big, sweeping melodrama is nothing less than an Egyptian state-of-the-nation address. Even at 165 minutes, there is a surfeit of incidents involving a half dozen principal characters rubbing shoulders in Cairo’s once grand Yacoubian apartment block: a world-weary aristocratic roué, a hypocritical but god-fearing entrepreneur, a homosexual journalist, an angry young man pushed into dissidence, and the women in their lives. It’s as compelling as a good soap and sometimes as glib, but audiences looking to glean insights into the Arab world won’t feel shortchanged. (Mon., Nov. 6, 6 p.m.; Tue., Nov. 7, 3 p.m.) (TC) YOUNG BLOOD (Argentina) A newly orphaned city boy going to live on a farm with a cranky grandfather he’s never met isn’t the most original idea for a film, yet writer-director Leo Ricciardi has infused his version with deep feeling. Thanks to some gorgeous scenery and tough-minded, unsentimental performances from Oscar Alegre (as the grandfather) and Norma Aleandro (as a neighbor with a disabled son), Young Blood qualifies as a guilty pleasure. (Sun., Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m.; Mon., Nov. 6, noon.) (CW)
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