The Malatily Bathhouse

The Malatily Bathhouse (1973) is a drama film directed by Salah Abu Seif rated 5.5/10.

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.

Cast

Shams El-Barudy

Naima

Yousuf Shaaban

Raouf the painter

Mohamed El Arabi

Ahmed Taher Abdel Salam

Nemat Mokhtar

Fayez Halawa

Naima ElSoghier

Nabawiyah

Abdel Ghani El Nagdi

Souad Nasr

Ahmad Bedir

Antar

Ibrahim Abdulraziq

the narrator

Said Khalil

Nahed Samir

Um Ahmed