The Malatily Bathhouse

حمام الملاطيلي

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.

Réalisation

Salah Abu Seif

Scénario

Ismail Waly Eldeen

Scénario

Mohsen Zayed

Scénario

Salah Abu Seif

Statut

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Sortie

02/07/1973

Langue originale

Arabe