The Malatily Bathhouse
1973 · 106 min · Drama
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.
- Director
- Salah Abu Seif
- Writers
- Salah Abu Seif, Ismail Waly Eldeen, Mohsen Zayed
- Released
- July 2, 1973
- Language
- Arabic
Cast
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