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The Dupes (Al-makhdu’un)

Tewfik Saleh

Syria

Director's Biography

Born in Alexandria in 1926, Tewfik Saleh developed a highly influential body of political cinema in the Arab world, notably in Struggle of the Heroes (1962), an acerbic critique of backward traditions and the illusions of the underprivileged, and Diary of a Country Prosecutor (1969), a masterly adaptation of the literary work of Tawfiq al-Hakim. The Dupes (1972), adapted from the short story Men in the Sun by the Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani, was one of the first Arab films to tackle the difficult situation of the Palestinians. A talented teacher of filmmaking to young filmmakers, Saleh took the film adaptation of the greatest novels of Arabic literature to an unprecedented level.

1972
107
Arabic
No
Fiction
Screenings :
Sun 26 / 21h45 / Palais des Congrès Salle des Ambassadeurs
Thurs 30 / 17h00 / Musée Yves Saint Laurent
Sun 26 / 21h45 / Palais des Congrès Salle des Ambassadeurs
Thurs 30 / 17h00 / Musée Yves Saint Laurent

Three Palestinians of different generations, brought together by their dispossession, distress, and hope for a better future, seek to emigrate in secret to Kuwait. Their fate is sealed under the scorching desert sun.

Director Tewfik Saleh

Producer Syrian National Film Organization

Screenwriter Tewfik Saleh

Cinematographer Bahgat Heidar

Editor Farin Dib, Saheb Haddad

Music Amine Bouhafa

Colour Black and white

Mohamed Kheir-Halouani, Abderrahman Alrahy, Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala, Saleh Kholoki, Thanaa Debsi

Production Company Syrian National Film Organization

Pays

Syria

année

1972

durée

107

langue

Arabic