The Dupes

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The Dupes is a 1972 Syrian film by Tewfik Saleh that powerfully portrays the plight of Palestinian refugees through a stark, neorealist narrative.

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instanceOf Syrian film ⓘ
film ⓘ
adaptationType literary adaptation ⓘ
basedOn Men in the Sun ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Ghassan Kanafani ⓘ
cinematicMovement Arab neorealism ⓘ
linked to: Arab cinema
countryOfOrigin Syria ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
director Tewfik Saleh ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
neorealist film ⓘ
political film ⓘ
historicalContext post-Nakba Palestinian experience ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
medium black-and-white film ⓘ
narrativeStyle realist ⓘ
stark ⓘ
notableFor early cinematic depiction of Palestinian displacement ⓘ
politically engaged cinema in the Arab world ⓘ
originalTitle المخدوعون ⓘ
portrays plight of Palestinian refugees ⓘ
productionCompany General Organization for Cinema (Syria) ⓘ
recognizedAs classic of Arab cinema ⓘ
regionOfReception Arab world ⓘ
releaseYear 1972 ⓘ
screenplayBy Tewfik Saleh ⓘ
settingPeriod post-1948 Arab–Israeli War era ⓘ
settingRegion Arab world ⓘ
subject Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
Palestinian refugees ⓘ
theme displacement ⓘ
exile ⓘ
oppression ⓘ
search for a better life ⓘ

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Men in the Sun → adaptedAs → The Dupes ⓘ