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The Malatily Bathhouse
1973, Jul 02
1h 46m
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.
Directed by
Salah Abu Seif
Written by
Salah Abu Seif, Mohsen Zayed, Ismail Waly Eldeen
Shams El-Barudy
Naima
Mohamed El Arabi
Ahmed Taher Abdel Salam
Ahmad Bedir
Antar
Yousuf Shaaban
Raouf the painter
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
Ibrahim Abdulraziq
the narrator
Nemat Mokhtar
Souad Nasr
Galeela Mahmoud
Nahed Samir
Um Ahmed
Naima ElSoghier
Nabawiyah
Fayez Halawa
Ibrahim Qadry
Hassanein
Said Khalil
Ali Mostafa
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