Festival 3 Continents
Compétition internationale
47th edition
NOV. 21>29, 2025, Nantes France

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The Sweat of the Palm Trees
(Arak el-balah)

by Radwan EL-KASHEF

In a village in the south of Egypt, all the men migrate in search for wealth, except Ahmed, a young man, who stays behind. He grows up while the village men are away and discovers the world of women. When three migrants return home to find that the boy is now a man, they decide to get rid of him.

  • Titre français
    La Sueur des palmiers
  • Original title
    Arak el-balah
  • Titre international
    The Sweat of the Palm Trees
  • Scénario
    Radwan El-Kashef
  • Photo
    Tarek El-Telmessani
  • Montage
    Rachida Abdel-Salam
  • Son
    Raafat Samir
  • Musique
    Yasser Abdel-Rahman
  • Interprétation
    Sherihane, Mohamed Nagati, Fayza Amasaib, Abla Kamel, Hamdy Ahmed, Manal Afifi, Gamal Ismaïl, Seif Abdel-Rahman, Kamal Soliman, Areeg Ibrahim, Madiha El-Sayed, Abdallah Mahmoud, Loubna Mahmoud, Alaa El-Kamali, Zohra M. Hassanein
  • Production
    Misr International Films
  • Support de projection
    35 mm
  • Sous-titrage
    VOSTF

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