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.
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Cast
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Shams El-Barudy
Naima
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Antar
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Salah Abu Seif Director · Mohsen Zayed Writer Ismail Waly Eldeen Writer
First release July 2, 1973 · Produced in Egypt · Original title حمام الملاطيلي
Production
Egypt
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Languages
Original title
حمام الملاطيلي
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · July 2, 1973
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No release date listed for United States.
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