The Bathhouse of Malatily

The Bathhouse of Malatily

Hammam Al Malatily
19731h 46minDrama Moviesالعربية
5.7

Plot

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.

WriterIsmail Waly Eldeen
DirectorSalah Abu Seif
ActorShams El-Barudy, Yousuf Shaaban, Mohamed El Arabi
CountryEgypt
ProductionN/A