The Bathhouse of Malatily
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.
Year: 1973
Genre: Drama
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Director: Salah Abu Seif
Cast: Shams El-Barudy, Yousuf Shaaban, Mohamed El Arabi, Nemat Mokhtar, Fayez Halawa, Naima ElSoghier
Crew: Salah Abu Seif (Director), Abdel Fattah Madbouly (Co-Director), Mohamed Salah Abu Saif (Co-Director), Gamal Salama (Music), Salah Abu Seif (Writer), Salah Abu Seif (Producer)
Runtime: 106 minutes
Release: Jul 02, 1973
IMDb: 5.70/10 by 9 users
Popularity: 3
Country: Egypt
Language: العربية
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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