The Dupes (Saleh, 1972): Close-Up Cinema, 8pm
This is part of the Never on Sunday strand at Close-Up, a series of screenings of rare classics, archive masterpieces, obscure delights and forgotten gems carefully curated and introduced by Ehsan Khoshbakht and taking place the last Sunday of each month at the cinema.
BFI introduction:
Three Palestinian refugees from three different generations attempt
to flee to Kuwait through a stark desert, concealed in the empty tank of
a truck. Based on the acclaimed novella by author Ghassan Kanafani – a
militant intellectual assassinated by Mossad in 1972 – this allegorical
statement on the Palestinian struggle makes for urgent viewing. It’s
shockingly prescient and, with its chilling universal perspective,
quietly devastating.
Giulia Saccogna
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