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Date Wine (1998)

6.1 | Jun 23, 1998 (EG) | Drama | 01:48

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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Director, Writer
Original Music Composer
Assistant Director
Director of Photography
Production Director
Costume Design
Assistant Director
Producer

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Sherihan
Salma
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Abla Kamel
Salima
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Mohamed Nagaty
Ahmed Mustafa Ismail
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Hamdy Ahmed
Mute Grandpa
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Fayza Amasaib
Grandma Zen
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Gamal Ismail
Mohammed Ismail
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Lobna Mahmoud
Umm Salma