Movie

Steam: The Turkish Bath

1997 · 94 min

A slow, sensual immersion in a foreign city, where warmth and belonging slowly replace emptiness, leaving a bittersweet ache.

Tagline: 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 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.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, romantic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, love, found family, isolation
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
love
found family
isolation
healing
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong