The Bathhouse of Malatily(1973)

Hammam Al Malatily

57

1h 46m

  • Drama

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.

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

  • Ibrahim Abdulraziq

    Ibrahim Abdulraziq

    the narrator

  • Said Khalil

    Said Khalil

  • Nahed Samir

    Nahed Samir

    Um Ahmed

  • Ibrahim Qadry

    Ibrahim Qadry

    Hassanein

  • Galeela Mahmoud

    Galeela Mahmoud

  • Ali Mostafa

    Ali Mostafa

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    Status

    Released (Jul 2, 1973)

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