From filmmaker Tarik Saleh, the feature was recently submitted by Sweden to be its submission for the 98th Academy Awards.
The third film completing Saleh’s co-called Cairo Trilogy interrogating the machinery of political control, “Eagles of the Republic” is described as his most emotionally layered and character-driven work yet. At its center is George Fahmy, Egypt’s most celebrated movie star, played by Fares Fares. Pressured by the country’s highest authorities to star in a government-backed prestige film, Fahmy reluctantly accepts, only to find himself drawn into the inner sanctum of political power. As he begins a dangerous affair with the general’s mysterious wife, he becomes ensnared in a world where desire, loyalty, and cinematic illusion…
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