Hammam Al Malatily

Hammam Al Malatily

94 mins | Drama, Romance | July 2, 1973

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.

Hammam Al Malatily

94 mins | Drama, Romance | July 2, 1973

Hammam Al 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.
IMDb rating 4.7
Producers
Original title حمام الملاطيلي
Directors فوزي علي, Abdelfattah Madboly, Mohamed Salah Abu Saif, Salah Abu Seif
Writers محسن زايد, إسماعيل ولي الدين, Salah Abu Seif

Cast

Shams El-Barudy

as نعيمة

Yousuf Shaaban

as رؤوف الرسام

Mohamed ElArabi

as احمد طاهر عبد السلام

Neemat Moukhatar

as زوجة المعلم

Fayez Halawa

as المعلم بدوى صاحب الحمام