Date Wine

Date Wine

108 mins | Drama | June 23, 1999

This film is an exploration of what happens to places in general, and people in particular, once the menfolk abandon an Egyptian village to investigate the greener-grass on the proverbial 'other side'. The womenfolk, those too old and those too young are left behind... and as the years pass, only letters return, telling tales of loneliness and hard-times. A young man, Ahmed, grows-up under these surroundings and has to deal with being the de-facto man-in-charge; when several of the migrant workers return one day, everyone has to come to terms with things being forever changed.

Date Wine

108 mins | Drama | June 23, 1999

Date Wine
This film is an exploration of what happens to places in general, and people in particular, once the menfolk abandon an Egyptian village to investigate the greener-grass on the proverbial 'other side'. The womenfolk, those too old and those too young are left behind... and as the years pass, only letters return, telling tales of loneliness and hard-times. A young man, Ahmed, grows-up under these surroundings and has to deal with being the de-facto man-in-charge; when several of the migrant workers return one day, everyone has to come to terms with things being forever changed.
IMDb rating 8.2
Producers Misr Arab Films Company
Original title عرق البلح
Directors Mohamed Shaaban, Radwan El Kashef, Hani Khalifa
Writers Radwan El Kashef

Cast

Sherihan

as Salma

Mohamed Nagati

as Ahmed Mustafa Ismail

Fayza Amasaib

as Grandma Zen

Abla Kamel

as Salima

Gamal Ismail

as Mohammed Ismail

Madiha ElSayed

as Amna

Manal Afifi

as Shifa

Kamal Suliman

as Syed

Lubna Mahmoud

as Umm Salma