Drama · Egypt · 1998 · 1h 48m

Date Wine

عرق البلح

Date Wine poster
Director
Radwan El Kashef
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
Crew
Tarek El Tilmisany — Director of Photography Rashida Abdel Salam — Editor Yasser Abdel Rahman — Original Music Composer Radwan El Kashef — Writer Wasif Fayez — Producer Onsi Abou Seif — Costume Design
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.

Trailer Date Wine — Official Trailer
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Key Collaborators
Radwan El Kashef Director Tarek El Tilmisany Director of Photography Rashida Abdel Salam Editor Yasser Abdel Rahman Original Music Composer Radwan El Kashef Writer Wasif Fayez Producer Onsi Abou Seif Costume Design
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