Date Wine

1999 · 108 min · Drama

Set in a mythical small Upper-Egyptian village where people live off planting dates and making of Date Wine, a stranger arrives and calls on people to travel to the abroad for job opportunities, all of the village's grown-up men leave, except for the disabled grandfather and his grandson Ahmed, upon which trouble begins to spread in the village in the absence of men along with his lover Salma. Exploring themes of Rebellion, Desire, Masculinity, Patriarchy, Spirituality and the Ancient Egyptian Mystique.

Director: Radwan El Kashef
Writer: Radwan El Kashef
Released: June 23, 1999
Language: Arabic

Cast

Sherihan
Salma
Abla Kamel
Salima
Mohamed Nagaty
Ahmed Mustafa Ismail
Manal Afifi
Shifa
Hamdy Ahmad
Mute Grandpa
Fayza Amasaib
Grandma Zen
Gamal Ismail
Mohammed Ismail
Seif Abdelrahman
Salem
Madiha ElSayed
Amna
Lobna Mahmoud
Umm Salma
Abdullah Mahmoud
Kamal Soliman
Syed

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