The Malatily Bathhouse
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7/2/1973Runtime
106 minsGenres
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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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A layered portrait of displacement and desire set in the confines of a Cairo bathhouse, where a young refugee navigates ambition, obsession, and unexpected human connection. The film observes its characters with tender complexity as they each seek belonging in a crowded, liminal space.
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