US EditionCairo-set Cannes thriller takes aim at Egypt's president
- "Eagles of the Republic," an explosive political thriller directed by Swedish-Egyptian filmmaker Tarik Saleh, premiered at Cannes on Monday and is set in Cairo.
- Saleh was inspired to make the film after watching the Egyptian TV series "The Choice," which portrayed President Abdelfattah al-Sisi very nobly and led Saleh to question how he would respond if asked to direct such a propaganda story.
- The film, shot in Turkey with mostly non-Egyptian actors, follows fictional actor George Fahmy, pressured to star in a propaganda film about Egypt's leader amid military control of the film industry since Sisi seized power.
- Saleh incorporated real footage and a lookalike of Sisi, whose height is 1.66 metres, and included a hair-raising twist that even surprised the director during writing.
- The film reflects tensions as Egypt under Sisi, who is under pressure due to the worst-ever Gaza war starting October 7, 2023, balances condemning Israel, rejecting US proposals on Gaza, mediating truce talks, and maintaining diplomatic relations with Israel.
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