The Malatily Bathhouse

حمام الملاطيلي

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.

Crew: Salah Abu Seif (Director) · Ismail Waly Eldeen (Writer) · Mohsen Zayed (Writer) · Salah Abu Seif (Writer)