Steam: The Turkish Bath (1997)

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Country: Italy, Spain, Turkey
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1998-11-25
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Writers: Ferzan Ozpetek , Stefano Tummolini , Aldo Sambrell
Language: Italian | Turkish | French
Stars: Alessandro Gassman , Francesca d’Aloja , Carlo Cecchi , Halil Ergün , Serif Seler , Mehmet Günsür , Basak Köklükaya , Alberto Molinari , Zozo Toledo , Ludovica Modugno
Runtime: 94 min
Awards: 12 wins & 14 nominations
AKA: Hamam - O Banho Turco (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Hamam - El baño turco (Spain) , Steam: The Turkish Bath (United States of America) , Hamam - O Banho Turco (Brazil) , Hamam - łaźnia turecka (Poland) , Det turkiska badet (Sweden) , Hamam - Das türkische Bad (Germany) , Hamam: The Turkish Bath (United Kingdom) , ハマム (Japan) , Турецкая баня (Russian Federation) , Baia turceasca (Romania) , Hamam , Hamam - turkkilainen kylpylä (Finland) , The Turkish Bath: Hamam , Il bagno turco (Italy) , Hamam: det tyrkiske badet (Norway) , A törökfürdő (Hungary) , Hammam, le bain turc (France, French Republic) , The Turkish Baths (United States of America) , El baño turco (Hamam) (Argentina)
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..
IMDB:tt0119248