Fiche Film
Cinéma/TV
After the « Nakba » of 1948, three Palestinians from different regions meet in a small town near the border. Each remembers what has happened to them. They decide to leave clandestinely tanker to the wilderness.
Set in Iraq (but shot in Syria), this is the story of three men who try to leave their impoverished and hopeless lives to get get work in Kuwait. The film portrays the lives of Palestinian refugees after the’nakba’ by following three generations of young men who made their way from Palestine to Iraq on the hope of reaching Kuwait to pursue their dreams of freedom and prosperity. The film begins with the story of the eldest of the three men, intercutting his present journey with recollections of the past.
Syria, 1972, Feature, Drama, 1hr02
Directed by Tawfik Saleh
based on the Ghassan Kanafani story’Rijal fi Shams’ (AKA’Men in the Sun’)
In Arabic with English subtitles.
Genre:Drama
Runtime: 1 hr 47 min (107 min)
Color: Black and White
CAST (in credits order)
Mohamed Kheir-Halouani… Abou Keïss
Abderrahman Alrahy… Abou Kheizarane
Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala… Assaad
Saleh Kholoki… Marouane
Thanaa Debsi… Om Keïss
Original Music by
Solhi El-Wadi
Cinematography by
Bahgat Heidar
Film Editing by
Saheb Haddad (or Salah Haddad)
Farin Dib
Sound Department
Zoheir Fahmy…. sound
Production : La Société Générale du Cinéma – Damas
Produced by
Mohagerine-Morabet
« A classic masterpiece of Arab cinema. »
– The North African and Middle East Festival
« Skillfully directed and crisply photographed in black and white. »
– The Seattle Times
Production:
National Film Organization
Distributor
Arab Film Distribution (1998) (USA) (all media)
This film is available with a Digital Site License (DSL), which allows colleges, universities, or libraries to encode, locally host, and stream the film to their community on a closed, password-protected system.
Rental Information
This film is available from AFD for public screenings and television broadcast. For information regarding rental rates and formats, please contact [email protected] for institutional/non-theatrical screenings, or [email protected] for theatrical, festival, television, or other bookings.
FESTIVALS
Winner! Carthage Film Festival, Tanit d’Or
Nominated! Moscow International Film Festival, Golden Prize
Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D’INFOS) :
– Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
– www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en/film/al-makhduun
Updated by Thierno DIA, 10 April 2025
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AR
بل سائق شاحنة مساعدة ثلاثة فلسطنيّين على عبور الحدود ليتسنّى لهم الوصول إلى الكويت بحثا عن حياة أفضل. وطيلة الرحلة لم يغادر الثلاثة خزّان البنزين الذي تواروا فيه
سوريا 1971
بالألوان: 120
الإخراج : توفيق صالح
السيناريو : توفيق صالح عن غسّان كنفاني
التصوير : بهجت حيدر
الموسيقى : صلحي الوادي
التركيب : صالح حدّاد
التمثيل : عبد الرحمان روشي-عدنان بركات-ثناء دبسي-بسّام لطفي
إنتاج : الشركة العامّة للسينما-دمشق
LONG Métrage | 1969
Dupes (Les) | Al makhdououn – المخدوعون
Titre original : Al-Makhdou’Oun | Duped (The) | Al-makhdu’un
Pays concerné : Syrie (République arabe syrienne)
Support : 35 mm
Durée : 120 minutes
Genre : drame
Type : fiction
Site web : http://www.arabfilm.com/item/55/
Français
Un chauffeur de camion-citerne accepte d’aider trois palestiniens à traverser les frontières pour aller au Koweït à la recherche d’une vie meilleure. Pendant tout le voyage, les trois clandestins n’ont pas quitté la citerne à pétrole où ils se sont cachés…
Trois Palestiniens fuient leur condition de vie sous les tentes. C’est à bord d’une citerne d’eau vide, transportée par un vieux camion, qu’ils se cacheront et traverseront le désert, à destination d’un pays pétrolier…
Le décor est l’Irak des années 50. Adaptation magistrale de la nouvelle Des hommes dans le soleil, de Ghassan Kanafani, encensée par la critique, Les Dupes est également l’un des premiers films arabes à avoir abordé la difficile situation des Palestiniens.
Fiction, 120mn, n&b, Egypte/ Syrie, 1969.
ACTEURS
Mohamed Kheir Halaouani, Abdul Rahman al-Rachi, Bassam Abou Ghazala
Réalisation et scénario
Tewfik Saleh
d’après Des hommes sous le soleil (Rijal fi Shams), le roman de Ghassan Kanafani
Image
Bahjat Haïdar
Montage
Salah Haddad
Musique
Solhi al-Wadi
Production
Organisme Général du Cinéma syrien (La Société Générale du Cinéma – Damas)
2012 | 24ème session des JCC, Tunisie
* Hommage à Tawfik Salah
www.jccarthage.com/fr/films-detail5.php?id_film=225
1972 | JCC, Tunisie
* TANIT D’OR
Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D’INFOS) :
– Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
– www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en/film/al-makhduun
Updated by Thierno DIA, 10 April 2025
Trois Palestiniens fuient leur condition de vie sous les tentes. C’est à bord d’une citerne d’eau vide, transportée par un vieux camion, qu’ils se cacheront et traverseront le désert, à destination d’un pays pétrolier…
Le décor est l’Irak des années 50. Adaptation magistrale de la nouvelle Des hommes dans le soleil, de Ghassan Kanafani, encensée par la critique, Les Dupes est également l’un des premiers films arabes à avoir abordé la difficile situation des Palestiniens.
Fiction, 120mn, n&b, Egypte/ Syrie, 1969.
ACTEURS
Mohamed Kheir Halaouani, Abdul Rahman al-Rachi, Bassam Abou Ghazala
Réalisation et scénario
Tewfik Saleh
d’après Des hommes sous le soleil (Rijal fi Shams), le roman de Ghassan Kanafani
Image
Bahjat Haïdar
Montage
Salah Haddad
Musique
Solhi al-Wadi
Production
Organisme Général du Cinéma syrien (La Société Générale du Cinéma – Damas)
2012 | 24ème session des JCC, Tunisie
* Hommage à Tawfik Salah
www.jccarthage.com/fr/films-detail5.php?id_film=225
1972 | JCC, Tunisie
* TANIT D’OR
Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D’INFOS) :
– Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
– www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en/film/al-makhduun
Updated by Thierno DIA, 10 April 2025
English
Dupes (The)
After the « Nakba » of 1948, three Palestinians from different regions meet in a small town near the border. Each remembers what has happened to them. They decide to leave clandestinely tanker to the wilderness.
Set in Iraq (but shot in Syria), this is the story of three men who try to leave their impoverished and hopeless lives to get get work in Kuwait. The film portrays the lives of Palestinian refugees after the’nakba’ by following three generations of young men who made their way from Palestine to Iraq on the hope of reaching Kuwait to pursue their dreams of freedom and prosperity. The film begins with the story of the eldest of the three men, intercutting his present journey with recollections of the past.
Syria, 1972, Feature, Drama, 1hr02
Directed by Tawfik Saleh
based on the Ghassan Kanafani story’Rijal fi Shams’ (AKA’Men in the Sun’)
In Arabic with English subtitles.
Genre:Drama
Runtime: 1 hr 47 min (107 min)
Color: Black and White
CAST (in credits order)
Mohamed Kheir-Halouani… Abou Keïss
Abderrahman Alrahy… Abou Kheizarane
Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala… Assaad
Saleh Kholoki… Marouane
Thanaa Debsi… Om Keïss
Original Music by
Solhi El-Wadi
Cinematography by
Bahgat Heidar
Film Editing by
Saheb Haddad (or Salah Haddad)
Farin Dib
Sound Department
Zoheir Fahmy…. sound
Production : La Société Générale du Cinéma – Damas
Produced by
Mohagerine-Morabet
The Dupes-Tawfiq saleh-1969 from Mohanad Yaqubi on Vimeo.
« A classic masterpiece of Arab cinema. »
– The North African and Middle East Festival
« Skillfully directed and crisply photographed in black and white. »
– The Seattle Times
Production:
National Film Organization
Distributor
Arab Film Distribution (1998) (USA) (all media)
This film is available with a Digital Site License (DSL), which allows colleges, universities, or libraries to encode, locally host, and stream the film to their community on a closed, password-protected system.
Rental Information
This film is available from AFD for public screenings and television broadcast. For information regarding rental rates and formats, please contact [email protected] for institutional/non-theatrical screenings, or [email protected] for theatrical, festival, television, or other bookings.
FESTIVALS
Winner! Carthage Film Festival, Tanit d’Or
Nominated! Moscow International Film Festival, Golden Prize
Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D’INFOS) :
– Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
– www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en/film/al-makhduun
Updated by Thierno DIA, 10 April 2025
_______
AR
بل سائق شاحنة مساعدة ثلاثة فلسطنيّين على عبور الحدود ليتسنّى لهم الوصول إلى الكويت بحثا عن حياة أفضل. وطيلة الرحلة لم يغادر الثلاثة خزّان البنزين الذي تواروا فيه
سوريا 1971
بالألوان: 120
الإخراج : توفيق صالح
السيناريو : توفيق صالح عن غسّان كنفاني
التصوير : بهجت حيدر
الموسيقى : صلحي الوادي
التركيب : صالح حدّاد
التمثيل : عبد الرحمان روشي-عدنان بركات-ثناء دبسي-بسّام لطفي
إنتاج : الشركة العامّة للسينما-دمشق
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