The Dupes (1972)
المخدوعون
The film follows three Palestinian refugees brought together by dispossession and hope for a better future. Hiding in the tank of a truck, the men attempt to make their way across the border into Kuwait, the "promised land."
- Date of release
- 1972-01-10
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (21)
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Tawfiq Saleh
Casting
- Mohamed Khair Halwany — Abou Keïss
- Bassam Lotfy — Assaad
- Saleh Khalqy — Marouane
- Abdul Rahman Al-Rashi — Abou Kheizarane
- Thanaa Dabssi — Om Keïss
- Najah Hafiez
- Yoland Asmar
- Qamar Mortada
- Laila Ghanem
- Saad El-Din Bakdounis
- Ali Al-Rawwas
- Youssef Hanna
Interesting facts
The Dupes is a 1973 Syrian drama film directed and co-written by Tewfik Saleh and starring Mohamed Kheir-Halouani, Abderrahman Alrahy, Bassan Lotfi, Saleh Kholoki and Thanaa Debsi. Based on Ghassan Kanafani's 1963 novel, Men in the Sun, the film portrays the lives of three Palestinian refugees after the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight by following three generations of men who made their way from Palestine to Iraq in the hope of reaching Kuwait to pursue their dreams of freedom and prosperity. The Dupes received very positive reviews from critics and won multiple awards locally and internationally.
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