Date Wine(1998)
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.
Movie: Date Wine
Top 10 Billed Cast
Salma
Salima
Ahmed Mustafa Ismail
Shifa
Mute Grandpa
Grandma Zen
Mohammed Ismail
Salem
Umm Salma
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