Hamam (1997)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.0/10   

Director:

Ferzan Ozpetek

Escritores:

Ferzan Ozpetek (story)
Ferzan Ozpetek (writer) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 noviembre 1998 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

What he inherited was a sexual awakening...

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...

Plot Keywords:

Bath | Turkish Bath | Coming Out | Love | Culture

Premios:

6 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A beguiling, understated tale of self-discovery

Reparto

Alessandro Gassman	...	Francesco
Francesca d'Aloja	...	Marta
Carlo Cecchi	...	Oscar
Halil Ergün	...	Osman
Serif Sezer	...	Perran
Mehmet Günsür	...	Mehmet
Basak Köklükaya	...	Fusun
Alberto Molinari	...	Paolo
Zozo Toledo	...	Zozo
Ludovica Modugno	...	Voice of Aunt Anita (voice)
Zerrin Arbas
Necdet Mahfi Ayral
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Murat Ilker
Alper Kul	...	Italian

También conocida como:

Hamam: The Turkish Bath (UK)
Hamam: el baño turco (Spain)
Il bagno turco (Italy)
Steam: The Turkish Bath (USA)
The Turkish Bath: Hamam
The Turkish Baths (USA)
El baño turco (Hamam) (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

94 min

País:

Italy | Turkey | Spain

Idioma:

Turco | Italiano

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Iceland:12 | Italy:T | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Peru:14 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Istanbul, Turkey

Compañía:

Asbrell Productions

A beguiling, understated tale of self-discovery

I agree with those who comment that marketing this as a gay film is an indulgence in false pretenses, but I and my friends have enjoyed this thoughtful, beautifully filmed parable of self-discovery as a parable for the coming-out process. The vagueness and the fact that so much of the story is told through glances, gazes, and shimmering vistas of Old Istanbul means that everyone can bring their own story along with them to illuminate the hints and nuances of this remarkable film.

The ensemble performances were very powerful, and I honestly couldn't find any false notes here, though the atmosphere of Mediterranean melodrama at the film's sudden and somewhat awkwardly contrived conclusion seemed a little heavy and perhaps unnecessary as an ending to the serenity of the film as a whole.

I quite liked the music, and I enjoyed the director's eye for everyday details in a landscape that is very exotic to a North American filmgoer--reminiscent of The Scent of Green Papaya, or Raise the Red Lantern.