The Dupes (HKIFF48)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
31 Mar 2024 (Sun)
Category
--- (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
107 Minutes
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
Tewfik Saleh
Cast
Mohamed Kheir-Halouani, Abderrahman Alrahy, Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala
Synopsis
"A crowning achievement in Arab Cinema, this compelling drama is a suffocating, sun-drenched scream of political and existential injustice. Adapted from the novella Men in the Sun, by assassinated Palestinian writer
Ghassan Kanafani, it follows three Palestinians – each representing a different generation – as they attempt a dangerous border crossing to Kuwait, where they hope to earn a living. Through a Resnais-like maze of flashbacks and poetic montages, Egyptian director Tewfik Saleh crafts an agonisingly suspenseful and eminently modern work of political cinema.
Restored in 2023 by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with the National Film Organization and the family of Tewfik Saleh. Special thanks to Mohamed Challouf and Nadi Nekol Nas. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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Ghassan Kanafani, it follows three Palestinians – each representing a different generation – as they attempt a dangerous border crossing to Kuwait, where they hope to earn a living. Through a Resnais-like maze of flashbacks and poetic montages, Egyptian director Tewfik Saleh crafts an agonisingly suspenseful and eminently modern work of political cinema.
Restored in 2023 by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with the National Film Organization and the family of Tewfik Saleh. Special thanks to Mohamed Challouf and Nadi Nekol Nas. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
"
"A crowning achievement in Arab Cinema, this compelling drama is a suffocating, sun-drenched scream of political and existential injustice. Adapted from the novella Men in the Sun, by assassinated Palestinian writer
Ghassan Kanafani, it follows three Palestinians – each representing a different generation – as they attempt a dangerous border crossing to Kuwait, where they hope to earn a living. Through a Resnais-like maze of flashbacks and poetic montages, Egyptian director Tewfik Saleh crafts an agonisingly suspenseful and eminently modern work of political cinema.
Restored in 2023 by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with the National Film Organization and the family of Tewfik Saleh. Special thanks to Mohamed Challouf and Nadi Nekol Nas. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
"
Ghassan Kanafani, it follows three Palestinians – each representing a different generation – as they attempt a dangerous border crossing to Kuwait, where they hope to earn a living. Through a Resnais-like maze of flashbacks and poetic montages, Egyptian director Tewfik Saleh crafts an agonisingly suspenseful and eminently modern work of political cinema.
Restored in 2023 by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with the National Film Organization and the family of Tewfik Saleh. Special thanks to Mohamed Challouf and Nadi Nekol Nas. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
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