1972 · drama · political · tragedy
The Dupes
Directed by Tawfiq Saleh1h 47m1972
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."
Our read: The Dupes (1972) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · political · tragedy entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / political, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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