
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.

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

Three Months
Three Months

Transamerica
Transamerica

Behind The Shadows
Behind The Shadows

Los Oriyinales
Los Oriyinales

Crash
Crash

Brother of Sleep
Brother of Sleep

Dog Day Afternoon
Dog Day Afternoon

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

Body Electric
Body Electric

Us Funny
Us Funny

Swan Song
Swan Song

Before Night Falls
Before Night Falls