Arak el-balah 1998

Synopsis:

In a small Upper-Egyptian village where people live in extreme poverty, a stranger arrives and calls on people to travel to the Gulf countries for job opportunities, so 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.

Directed by: Radwan El Kashef
Written by: Radwan El Kashef
Release date: 1998-06-23
Runtime: 108 minutes
Cast:
Sherihan
Sherihan
Salma 
Abla Kamel
Abla Kamel
Salima 
Mohamed Nagaty
Mohamed Nagaty
Ahmed Mustafa Ismail 
Manal Afifi
Manal Afifi
Shifa 
Hamdy Ahmed
Hamdy Ahmed
Mute Grandpa 
Fayza Amasaib
Fayza Amasaib
Grandma Zen 
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Also known as:
  • Date Wine
  • La Sueur des Palmiers