1968 · drama · political · allegory
The Rebels
Directed by Tawfiq Saleh2h 5m1968
A sick doctor is admitted to an isolated sanatorium located in the middle of a desolate desert. As a patient, he becomes aware of the discrepancy that exists between the conditions of the privileged patients, who are well-treated, and the poor ones, who particularly suffer from a lack of water. With the help of the doctor, the poor patients rebel and undertake to restore justice and order in the hospital.
Our read: The Rebels (1968) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive drama · political · allegory entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / political, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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