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The Bathhouse of Malatily (1973)

07/02/1973 Drama 1h 46m
57%
User
Score
4.7/10

Hammam Al Malatily

Overview

The film is an adaptation of the novel Samar Habib by Ismåeel Walieddin. author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. 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.

Salah Abu Seif

Director

Ismail Waly Eldeen

Writer

Mohsen Zayed

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Shams El-Barudy

Shams El-Barudy

Naima

Yousuf Shaaban

Yousuf Shaaban

Raouf the painter

Mohamed El Arabi

Mohamed El Arabi

Ahmed Taher Abdel Salam

Nemat Mokhtar

Nemat Mokhtar

Fayez Halawa

Fayez Halawa

Naima ElSoghier

Naima ElSoghier

Nabawiyah

Abdel Ghani El Nagdi

Abdel Ghani El Nagdi

Souad Nasr

Souad Nasr

Ahmad Bedir

Ahmad Bedir

Antar

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