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Date Wine

Date Wine

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.

Release DateJune 23, 1998
StatusReleased
Original Titleعرق البلح
Runtime1h 48min
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LanguageArabic
Original LanguageArabic
Production CountriesEgypt
Production Companiesأفلام مصر العربية (واصف فايز)