Date Wine
8.2
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.
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Cast
22 people
Sherihan
Salma
Also in
The Collar and the Bracelet
Don't Lose Your Mind
Abla Kamel
Salima
Also in
I Won't Live in My Father's Glbab
Auntie Faransa
Tarek El Tilmisany
Radwan El-Kashef
Mohamed Nagaty
Ahmed Mustafa Ismail
Also in
The Assassins
Baba Almgal
Hani Khalifa
Manal Afifi
Shifa
Also in
Closed Doors
Mahrous the Minister's Attaché
Onsi Abou Seif
Hamdy Ahmad
Mute Grandpa
Also in
Cairo 30
The Land
Yasser Abdul Rahman
Fayza Amasaib
Grandma Zen
Rashida Abd Elsalam
Radwan El Kashef Director · Yasser Abdel Rahman Composer Tarek El Tilmisany Cinematographer
United States release May 26, 1999 · Produced in Egypt · Original title عرق البلح
Production
أفلام مصر العربية (واصف فايز)
Production
Egypt
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Languages
Original title
عرق البلح
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Switzerland · August 8, 1998
Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
United States · May 26, 1999
Seattle International Film Festival
Egypt · June 23, 1999
Theatrical
Denmark
October 2, 2000
France
September 1, 1999
Netherlands
February 1, 1999 · International Film Festival Rotterdam
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