Steam: The Turkish Bath
What he inherited was a sexual awakening...
1997 · 1h 34m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Ferzan Özpetek
Overview
Francesco and Marta run a husband-and-wife design company in Rome. When Francesco's aunt dies in Istanbul he travels there to sort out the hamam Turkish steam bath that she left him. He finds a love and warmth in his relatives' Istanbul home that is missing from his life in Italy.
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