Underplayed Gems

Where Do You Hide the Sun? (1980)

Where Do You Hide the Sun? poster
Original title
أين تخبئون الشمس
Directed by
Abdellah Mesbahi
Genre
drama film
Country
Egypt
Runtime
1h 34m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This Egyptian drama shows how corruption harms young people. It follows a group of characters trying to find their way by holding onto traditional social values.

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What happens

Where Do You Hide the Sun? (Arabic:Ayna Tukhabi'un al-Shams?) is a 1980 Egyptian film that addresses the effects of corruption on young people with the solution being adhering to social values. The film stars Nadia Lutfi, Nour El Sherif, Adel Adham and the cast include Egyptians, Libyans and Moroccans. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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