Drama · Egypt · 1973 · 1h 46m

The Malatily Bathhouse

حمام الملاطيلي

The Malatily Bathhouse poster
Director
Salah Abu Seif
Cast
Shams El-Barudy as Naima Yousuf Shaaban as Raouf the painter Mohamed El Arabi as Ahmed Taher Abdel Salam Nemat Mokhtar as Fayez Halawa as Naima ElSoghier as Nabawiyah
Crew
Abdel Moneim Bahnassy — Director of Photography Salah Abu Seif — Writer Ismail Waly Eldeen — Writer Mohsen Zayed — Writer Salah Abu Seif — Producer
Synopsis

The film is an adaptation of a novel by Ismåeel Walieddin. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically self-sufficient, gets an apartment for his parents, and obtains a law degree. He and his family are refugees from a town occupied by the Israeli army, Ismaåilia. Ali, the owner of the Malatily Bathhouse, offers to let him stay there for free. Ahmad encounters several characters there, including Naåeema, a prostitute who he becomes obsessed with, and Raouf, a homosexual man.

Mood & Themes
romancegay theme
Key Collaborators
Salah Abu Seif Director Abdel Moneim Bahnassy Director of Photography Salah Abu Seif Writer Ismail Waly Eldeen Writer Mohsen Zayed Writer Salah Abu Seif Producer
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