Date Wine

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.

Country:

Egypt

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

108 minutes

Year:

1998

Director:

Radwan El Kashef

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Company:

أفلام مصر العربية (واصف فايز)

Cast:

Salma

Salima

Ahmed Mustafa Ismail

Shifa

Mute Grandpa

Crew:

Assistant Director

Editor

Lyricist

Director

Writer