Adnan Barakat

Adnan Barakat

1935-05-05
65 (2000-11-25)
Syria

A Syrian actor who has participated in many artistic works, including the films Ghazlan, The Fox, and The Return of Hamido, as well as the TV series The End of a Brave Man and The Volcano.

Syria

A Syrian actor who has participated in many artistic works, including the films Ghazlan, The Fox, and The Return of Hamido, as well as the TV series The End of a Brave Man and The Volcano.

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The Dupes 1972 (7.1)

The film follows three Palestinian refugees brought together by dispossession and hope for a better future. Hiding in the tank of a truck, the men attempt to make their way across the border into Kuwait, the "promised land." A masterful adaptation of Ghassan Kanafani's novel Men Under the Sun, The Dupes is also one of the first Arab films to address the Palestinian predicament.
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Al-Yazerli 1974 (6)

The Yazerli is the foreman who provides work to day laborers. The film’s poetic, non-narrative structure simulates the fractured thoughts of a young boy who is forced to leave school and find work on the docks. Using minimal dialogue but evocative music and sounds, separate vignettes introduce characters the boy encounters in a single workday. The filmmaker explores the child’s vivid imaginary world while tangibly conveying the physical harshness and repressed sexuality of a life spent in poverty and manual labor. Based on a novella by Hanna Mina.
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Lovers on the Road 1977 (5)

Based on the famous story, “Sa’ay El Bareed La Yaduq Babek Maratein” (The Postman Doesn’t Knock Twice), an adventurer escapes from danger by hiding in a small motel along the road. The motel is owned by an old, miserly man who is married to a young beautiful woman. Soon the fugitive and the wife develop a passionate relationship and plot to kill her husband. However, the old man’s son returns to spend the weekend in the motel and the plan goes off the rails.