The Bathhouse of Malatily
5.7
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.
Language: ar
Release Date:
Jul 2, 1973
Genres:
Drama
Status: Released
Cast
Shams El-Barudy
Yousuf Shaaban
Mohamed El Arabi
Nemat Mokhtar
Fayez Halawa
