Movie
Date Wine
Released: June 23, 1998 (1998)
Runtime: 108 minutes
Genres: Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Gamal Ismail as Mohammed Ismail
Age at release: 66
- Hamdy Ahmed as Mute Grandpa
Age at release: 64
- Fayza Amasaib as Grandma Zen
Age at release: 56
- Seif Abdelrahman as Salem
Age at release: 56
- Abla Kamel as Salima
Age at release: 37
- Sherihan as Salma
Age at release: 33
- Manal Afifi as Shifa
Age at release: 27
- Mohamed Nagaty as Ahmed Mustafa Ismail
Age at release: 20
- Madiha ElSayed as Amna
Age at release: Unknown
- Lobna Mahmoud as Umm Salma
Age at release: Unknown
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- Kamal Soliman as Syed
Age at release: 52
Age at release: 38