The Dupes

1972

107 min

7.1

Ends at

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." A masterful adaptation of Ghassan Kanafani's novel Men Under the Sun, The Dupes is also one of the first Arab films to address the Palestinian predicament.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama

Director

Tawfiq Saleh

Country

Syrian Arab Republic

Cast & Crew

Mohamed Kheir-Halouani

Abderrahman Alrahy

Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala

Saleh Kholoki

Thanaa Debsi

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The Dupes

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." A masterful adaptation of Ghassan Kanafani's novel Men Under the Sun, The Dupes is also one of the first Arab films to address the Palestinian predicament.

  • Mohamed Kheir-Halouani

  • Abderrahman Alrahy

  • Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala

  • Saleh Kholoki

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