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HAMMAM
(Il bagno turco)
(Hamam) - Com�die dramatique
- Italie - Turquie - Espagne (1996)
- R�alisation : Ferzan Ozpetek
- Avec : Alessandro Gassman, Francesca d'Aloja, Carlo Cecchi, Halil Ergun, Alberto Molinari et Mehmet Gunsur
- autre r�alisation : Tableau de famille
Francesco, architecte romain brillant, h�rite d'une tante inconnue d'un hammam � Istanbul. D�cid� � s'en d�barrasser, il le garde apr�s avoir �t� s�duit par la magie des lieux, de la ville et de ses habitants.

Une c�l�bration des diff�rences culturelles et de leurs enrichissements. Un choc entre les cultures italienne et turque, une sensualit� discr�te et une atmosph�re envo�tante qui nous font d�couvrir une Turquie qui tend � dispara�tre. "Hammam" s�duit d�s les premi�res images par son �quilibre entre l'Orient et l'Occident.

Le film a �t� pr�sent� � la Quinzaine des r�alisateurs du Festival de Cannes 1997 et a obtenu le Prix du Public � ceux d'Annecy

The story of an Italian architect who inherits a hammam, or public bath, and moves to Turkey, "Steam" was a critical and commercial success in Italy and became a modest art-house hit in the United States. Though the film's warm reception at the Cannes International Film Festival had put Mr. Ozpetek on the map as an Italian auteur with a European flair, in Italy his cinematic wandering between two cultures made him little more than an exotic phenomenon. His next film, never released in the United States, was "The Last Harem" ("Harem Suar�," 1999), a turn-of-the-century tale of an impossible love between a eunuch and a concubine. When "Blind Fairies," his first film set in Rome, was shown in competition last February as an Italian entry at the Berlin International Film Festival, Mr. Ozpetek, a naturalized Italian citizen for 15 years, was finally anointed an Italian director.

Francesco est un homme jeune, s�r de lui, qui a brillamment r�ussi dans sa profession lib�rale. Il est mari� avec Marta depuis plusieurs ann�es, mais leur mariage bat maintenant de l'aile. Un jour Francesco apprend qu'il h�rite d'une maison � Istanbul. Il se rend aussit�t en Turquie pour la vendre, mais il s'aper�oit qu'il s'agit d'un bain turc et d�cide finalement de le restaurer. Lorsque Marta d�cide de le rejoindre pour lui demander le divorce, elle d�couvre que son mari a une relation avec un gar�on turc Mehmet. Marta et Francesco d�cident de se s�parer, mais quelque chose de vraiment inattendu va se passer.. et aucun des deux ne rentrera en Italie.
Francesco is a young established professional, sure of himself, who has been married to Marta for several years. Their marriage is entering a crisis when Francesco inherits a building in Istanbul. When he goes to Turkey to sell the building he discovers that it is a Turkish bath and decides to restore and reinstate in. When Marta decides to join her husband to ask him for a divorce, she discovers that he is having a relationship with a Turkish boy, Mehmet. Marta and Francesco decide to separate, but something unexpected happens... and neither of them will ever return to Italy.
Avec/With :
Alessandro GASSMAN, Francesca d'ALOJA, Carlo CECCHI, Halil ERGUN, Serif SEZER, Mehmet GUNSUR, Basak KOKLUKAYA, Alberto MOLINARI, Zozo TOLEDO

Dur�e du film/Running Time : 94 minutes
Premi�re sortie/First Screening : 19/04/1997, Italie Prix et S�lections/Prizes and Selections:
Mar del Plata 1997, Cannes (Quinzaine des r�alisateurs)1997: Italian journalists award for the Best Italian Film, Valencia 1997: Audience Prize, Antalya Film Festival 1997: Best Film, Best Director, Best Musical score, Foreign Press in Italy: Golden Globes for Best First Directed Film, Best Musical Score...