Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb4.7/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Salah Abu SeifDirector
- Mohsen ZayedWriter
- Ismail Waly EldeenWriter
- Salah Abu SeifWriter
Cast
- Shams El-BarudyNaima
- Yousuf ShaabanRaouf the painter
- Mohamed El ArabiAhmed Taher Abdel Salam
- Nemat MokhtarCast
- Fayez HalawaCast
- Naima ElSoghierNabawiyah
- Abdel Ghani El NagdiCast
- Souad NasrCast
- Ahmad BedirAntar
- Ibrahim Abdulraziqthe narrator
- Said KhalilCast
- Nahed SamirUm Ahmed
Stills
Themes
romancegay theme