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.

Country:

Egypt

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

106 minutes

Year:

1973

Director:

Salah Abu Seif

Cast:

Naima

Raouf the painter

Ahmed Taher Abdel Salam

Crew:

Director

Co-Director

Producer

Writer

Writer