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.
Director: Radwan El Kashef
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Sherihan as Salma |
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Abla Kamel as Salima |
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Mohamed Nagaty as Ahmed Mustafa Ismail |
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Manal Afifi as Shifa |
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Hamdy Ahmed as Mute Grandpa |
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Fayza Amasaib as Grandma Zen |
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Gamal Ismail as Mohammed Ismail |
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Seif Abdelrahman as Salem |
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Madiha ElSayed as Amna |
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Lobna Mahmoud as Umm Salma |
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Abdullah Mahmoud as |
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Kamal Soliman as Syed |
| Directing | Mohamed Shaaban | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Rashida Abdel Salam | Editor |
| Writing | Abdel Rahman El Abnoudy | Lyricist |
| Directing | Radwan El Kashef | Director |
| Writing | Radwan El Kashef | Writer |
| Camera | Tarek El Tilmisany | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Yasser Abdel Rahman | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Hani Khalifa | Assistant Director |
| Production | Wasif Fayez | Producer |
| Production | Emil Abdel Masih | Production Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Onsi Abou Seif | Costume Design |