Date Wine (1999)

1h 48m · 23 Jun 1999

Drama

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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.

Movie ID	97687
Genre	Drama
Director	Radwan El Kashef
Main cast	Sherihan, Abla Kamel, Mohamed Nagaty, Manal Afifi, Hamdy Ahmad, Fayza Amasaib, Gamal Ismail, Seif Abdelrahman
Release date	23 June 1999
Release year	1999
Language	Arabic
Duration	108 min (1h 48m)
Rating	7.0 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house	أفلام مصر العربية (واصف فايز)