The Dupes (1973)

Original title

المخدوعون

Directed by

Tewfik Saleh

Genre

drama film

Country

Syria

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three generations of Palestinian refugees travel from Palestine to Iraq, hoping to reach Kuwait for a better life. The film follows their separate journeys and the harsh realities they face along the way.

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What happens

The Dupes (Arabic: المخدوعون, 'al-makhdūʿūn') 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. It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Golden Prize, and the 1972 Carthage Film Festival, where it won the Tanit d'Or. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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