The Dupes
- Released on
- Runtime
- 107 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Mohamed Khair Halwany
- Bassam Lotfy
- Saleh Khalqy
- Abdul Rahman Al-Rashi
- Thanaa Dabssi
- Najah Hafiez
- Yoland Asmar
- Qamar Mortada
- Laila Ghanem
- Saad El-Din Bakdounis
- Ali Al-Rawwas
- Youssef Hanna
- Ahmad Addas
- Adnan Barakat
- Salim Kallas
- Jamil Wilaya
- Abdel Salam Abu El Shamat
- Ahmed Ayoub
- Alaa El-Din Kokash
- Hussein El-Saidoui
- Nabeel Halaby
Director
- Tawfiq Saleh
