Steam: The Turkish Bath

– Francesco and Marta run a husband-and-wife design company in Rome. When Francesco's aunt dies in Ins..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 34 Minutes
Release Year:
1997
Original Name:
Hamam
Steam: The Turkish Bath (1997) - Also known as Hamam

Francesco and Marta run a husband-and-wife design company in Rome. When Francesco's aunt dies in Instanbul he travels there to sort out the hamam turkish steam bath that she left him. He finds a love and warmth in his realtives' Instanbul home that is missing from his life in Italy.

Steam: The Turkish Bath (1997) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Nov 1998

Language:

Turkish, Italian

Director:

Ferzan Ozpetek

Writer:

Ferzan Ozpetek (story), Ferzan Ozpetek, Stefano Tummolini, Aldo Sambrell

Main Actors:

Alessandro Gassmann, Francesca d'Aloja, Carlo Cecchi, Halil Ergün

Plot:

Francesco and Marta are husband and wife running a small design company in Rome. When Francesco's long forgotten Aunt Anita dies in Istanbul, he travels there to look after the sale of the hamam (one of a few traditional Turkish baths left) he inherited. There he meets the family running the hamam, gets attracted to a member of it and the whole Turkish atmosphere and decides not to sell the hamam..

Awards:

11 wins & 7 nominations.

Production:

Strand Releasing

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%