The Malatily Bathhouse

The Malatily Bathhouse — Plot

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
• July 2, 1973
• Runtime
• 106 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Salah Abu Seif

The Malatily Bathhouse — Cast

Shams El-Barudy Naima Yousuf Shaaban Raouf the painter Muhammad al-Arabi Ahmed Taher Abdel Salam Nemat Mokhtar Fayez Halawa Naima ElSoghier Nabawiyah Abdel Ghani El Nagdi Souad Nasr