Steam: The Turkish Bath

May 9, 1997

1h 34m

★ 6.6

What he inherited was a sexual awakening...

Overview

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 relatives' Instanbul home that is missing from his life in Italy.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Strand Releasing

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Cast

Francesco

Alessandro Gassmann

Mehmet

Mehmet Günsür

Marta

Francesca D'Aloja

Osman

Halil Ergün

Perran

Şerif Sezer

Fusun

Başak Köklükaya

Oscar

Carlo Cecchi

Paolo

Alberto Molinari

Zerrin Arbaş

Voce di Zia Anita

Ludovica Modugno

Necdet Mahfi Ayral

Şahnaz Çakıralp

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