''Al-Shams Fi Yawm Gha'em'' ( ar, الشمس في يوم غائم, translit=The Sun on a Cloudy Day) is a 1986 Syrian language film release directed by the Syrian

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of 90 minutes duration.

Plot

This film is set in 1930s Syria's pre-independence days. Adil ( Jihad Sahd) was born into wealth yet empathizes with the poor, renounces his family and joins the "lower orders." He is given a crash course in Syrian customs by the Old Man ( Rafik El Soubeil). Adil is awakened sexually by the ingratiating prostitute (

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). Adil's father finds his son, is envious of the Old Man's relationship with the boy and he exacts a terrible revenge on the old man by using his money and

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as protection from legal consequences.

Cast

- the "Prostitute" * Rafik El Soubeil - Old Man * Jihad Sahd - Adil * Jada El Charnaa - NourSun on a hazy Day
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References

External links

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* 1986 films Syrian drama films Films directed by Muhammad Shahin 1980s Arabic-language films {{Syria-film-stub