AL-MAKHDU’UN

The Dupes

1972 107 min. Syria Tewfik Saleh

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Director
Tewfik Saleh

Screenplay
Tewfik Saleh

Cinematography
Bahgat Heidar

Editing
Farin Dib, Saheb Haddad

Music
Solhi El-Wadi

Sound
Zoheir Fahmy

Production
Syrian National Film Organization [SY]

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

Synopsis
Based on the novella Men in the Sun, the film follows the journey of three Palestinian refugees attempting to cross the border that separates Iraq from Kuwait in the hopes of finding work and better opportunities. To execute their plan, they enlist the services of a truck driver who will try to smuggle them through the Iraqi desert in the tank of his truck.

Format
DCP. B&W

World Sales-Distribution
Cineteca di Bologna

Filmography
Tewfik Saleh
EGYPT (1926-2013)

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
1980 AL-AYYAM AL-TAWILA / LONG DAYS
1972 AL-MAKHDU'UN / THE DUPES
1969 YAUMIYAT NA'IB FI-L-ARYAF / DIARY OF A COUNTRY PROSECUTOR
1968 AL-MOUTAMARRIDOUNE / THE REBELS
1962 SIRA' AL-ABTAL / STRUGGLE OF THE HEROES

Festivals
Cannes, Cartago, Locarno, New York, London

Notes
Restored Print
Cineteca di Bologna, The Film Foundation World Cinema Project

Restored in 2023 by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with the National Film Organization and the family of Tewfik Saleh. Special thanks to Mohamed Challouf and Nadi Nekol Nas. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.


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