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Francesco inherits an old palace from a Turkish aunt and moves to Istanbul to renovate it.Francesco inherits an old palace from a Turkish aunt and moves to Istanbul to renovate it.Francesco inherits an old palace from a Turkish aunt and moves to Istanbul to renovate it.
- Awards
- 12 wins & 14 nominations total
Alessandro Gassmann
- Francesco
- (as Alessandro Gassman)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFrancesco stays at the Pera Palace Hotel, the same where Agatha Christie wrote one of her novels.
- Crazy creditsEnding credits roll from top to bottom, the reverse of what is usually done.
- SoundtracksIstanbul uyurken (Tema di
Hamam")"
Written by Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi
Performed by Trancendental with vocals from Rosie Wiederkehr
Featured review
An official selection of the Cannes Film Festival, "Steam (The Hamam)" is a mesmerizing, astounding film that grips you almost from the beginning. Francesco and Marta are a feuding, materialistic, adulterous married couple. But when Francesco inherits a Turkish bath from an aunt he barely knew, he heads to Instanbul to sell it. There, he is seduced away from his high-tech, wealth-obsessed life by the slow, human pace of life led by the people of the ghetto. Francesco finds his bitterness salved by the love of the family who manages the hamam, his heart stolen by the family's hunky son Mehmet, and his too-fast life slowed by the need to rebuild and maintain the hamam. And then Marta arrives, wondering what the heck has gotten into her husband... The film even has a surprise ending. The musical soundtrack was a major hit on the dance circuit. And the film itself became notorious when the Turkish government refused to nominate it for a best foreign film Oscar because of its homosexual content. (The controversy led the Academy to change the way foreign films are nominated.) "Steam" is MUST-see, ranking right up there with "Muriel's Wedding" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral."
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- Also known as
- The Turkish Baths
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $384,793
- Gross worldwide
- $384,793
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