The Malatily Bathhouse (1973)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1973-07-02
Runtime: 106 minutes
Director: Salah Abu Seif
Top Cast
- Shams El-Barudy as Naima
- Yousuf Shaaban as Raouf the painter
- Mohamed El Arabi as Ahmed Taher Abdel Salam
- Nemat Mokhtar as
- Fayez Halawa as
- Naima ElSoghier as Nabawiyah
- Abdel Ghani El Nagdi as
- Souad Nasr as
- Ahmad Bedir as Antar
- Ibrahim Abdulraziq as the narrator
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