The Dupes
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The Dupes is a 1972 Syrian film by Tewfik Saleh that powerfully portrays the plight of Palestinian refugees through a stark, neorealist narrative.
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Syrian film
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film ⓘ |
| adaptationType | literary adaptation ⓘ |
| basedOn | Men in the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Ghassan Kanafani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematicMovement | Arab neorealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Tewfik Saleh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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neorealist film ⓘ political film ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Nakba Palestinian experience ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
realist
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stark ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early cinematic depiction of Palestinian displacement
ⓘ
politically engaged cinema in the Arab world ⓘ |
| originalTitle | المخدوعون NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | plight of Palestinian refugees ⓘ |
| productionCompany | General Organization for Cinema (Syria) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | classic of Arab cinema ⓘ |
| regionOfReception | Arab world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Tewfik Saleh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-1948 Arab–Israeli War era ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Arab world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Arab–Israeli conflict
NERFINISHED
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Palestinian refugees ⓘ |
| theme |
displacement
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exile ⓘ oppression ⓘ search for a better life ⓘ |
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