Date Wine (1998)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1998-06-23
Runtime: 108 minutes
Director: Radwan El Kashef
Top Cast
- Sherihan as Salma
- Abla Kamel as Salima
- Mohamed Nagaty as Ahmed Mustafa Ismail
- Manal Afifi as Shifa
- Hamdy Ahmed as Mute Grandpa
- Fayza Amasaib as Grandma Zen
- Gamal Ismail as Mohammed Ismail
- Seif Abdelrahman as Salem
- Madiha ElSayed as Amna
- Lobna Mahmoud as Umm Salma
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