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The Dupes

1972 · 107 min Drama
7.1 / 10 · TMDB

Three Palestinian refugees, bound by dispossession and a fragile hope, cram themselves into the tank of a truck. Their destination is the border to Kuwait, a promised land whispering of a future. Within the suffocating, pitch-black metal cylinder, the boundaries between past and present dissolve. The personal narratives of these three men intertwine into a single strand of fear, endurance, and desperate yearning. The journey becomes a crucible, testing the limits of the human spirit when all that remains is the ghost of a homeland and the weight of a dream.

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Original Title المخدوعون
Year 1972
Country Syrian Arab Republic
Genre Drama
Director Tawfiq Saleh
Runtime 107 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.1/10 (18 votes)

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Tewfik Saleh's film is a stark, masterfully claustrophobic study of collective trauma. The camera rarely leaves the truck's tank, transforming it into a potent metaphor for an entire people trapped by circumstance.

What lingers after the final frame is the profound weight of unresolved exile and the quiet horror of hope itself, when it's the only currency left. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Tawfiq Saleh

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Suffocating metal darkness, punctuated by fleeting memories of open sky.

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