Date Wine (عرق البلح) 25 years old

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.

Credits

Date Wine Cast

Name Character
Abla Kamel She was 41, now 67 years old
Mohamed Nagati He was 20, now 46 years old
Sherihan She was 33, now 59 years old
Hamdy Ahmed He was 64, 82 years old when he died

Date Wine Crew

Name Department
Date Wine poster
Date Wine (25 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, June 23, 1999
  • Runtime: 108 minutes