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right ''Malaṯily Bathhouse'' ((アラビア語:حمام الملاطيلي) "Ĥamam al-Malaṯily") is a 1973 Egyptian film directed by Salah Abu Seif. The main actors are Shams al-Baroudi and Yusuf Shåban. It is adapted from a novel by Ismåeel Walieddin. Samar Habib, author of ''Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations'', said "that the title of the film can "be easily translated" as ''Malatily Bathhouse''."〔Habib, p. (120 ).〕 The opening credits of the film have the English title ''An Egyptian Tragedy''. Habib said that it was "strangely translated" into ''An Egyptian Tragedy''.〔 ==Plot== The beginning shows what Habib calls a "long scenic tribute" to Cairo and to the general city.〔 Habib said that the director "visually implies the polymorphous vagaries of the city in which an immoral underworld is bound to flourish.〔Habib, p. (120 )-(121 ).〕 The main character, Aĥmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically self-sufficient, get an apartment for his parents, and obtain 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. Aĥmad encounters several characters there, including Naåeema, a prostitute who he becomes obsessed with, and Raouf, a male homosexual. Ali later has Aĥmad work as his accountant. Aĥmad eventually has sexual intercourse with Naåeema. Aĥmad finds a lack of employment opportunities and becomes associated with the bathhouse, so his original goals are not met.〔 Habib said "There appears to be a sensitive awareness that foreign viewers of the film should not regard its content as conspiring with or approving of the morally loose behaviour of the libertines it depicts."〔 Habib argues that this seems to depict Egyptian society in a "state of disarray" likely to be occurring during the Suez Crisis.〔Habib, p. (121 ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malatily Bathhouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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