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Date Wine 1998 Directed by Radwan El Kashef عرق البلح

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
Production Country Egypt
Language Arabic
Spoken Language Arabic
Gnere Drama
Release Date 23 June 1998
108 mins
Cast
Sherihan
Sherihan Salma
Abla Kamel
Abla Kamel Salima
Mohamed Nagaty
Mohamed Nagaty Ahmed Mustafa Ismail
Manal Afifi
Manal Afifi Shifa
Hamdy Ahmed
Hamdy Ahmed Mute Grandpa
Fayza Amasaib
Fayza Amasaib Grandma Zen
Gamal Ismail
Gamal Ismail Mohammed Ismail
Seif Abdelrahman
Seif Abdelrahman Salem
Madiha ElSayed
Madiha ElSayed Amna
Lobna Mahmoud
Lobna Mahmoud Umm Salma
Abdullah Mahmoud
Abdullah Mahmoud
Kamal Soliman
Kamal Soliman Syed
Crew
Director
Radwan El Kashef
Radwan El Kashef
Writer
Radwan El Kashef
Radwan El Kashef
Producers
Wasif Fayez
Wasif Fayez
Emil Abdel Masih
Emil Abdel Masih
Cinematography
Tarek El Tilmisany
Tarek El Tilmisany
Composer
Yasser Abdel Rahman
Yasser Abdel Rahman
Editor
Rashida Abdel Salam
Rashida Abdel Salam
Costume Design
Onsi Abou Seif
Onsi Abou Seif
Assistant Directors
Mohamed Shaaban
Mohamed Shaaban
Hani Khalifa
Hani Khalifa