Eagles Of The Republic
A political thriller by Tarik Saleh (Cairo Conspiracy) about a celebrated Egyptian actor who becomes entangled in the power games of the social elite.
Actor George Fahmy is a man who’s clearly accustomed to the benefits of fame. As played with great skill and all due charisma by Fares Fares, George moves through the world with the unshakable belief that he occupies the starring role in whatever room he happens to enter. But the gripping events that unfold in Eagles Of The Republic teach George a hard lesson about who really controls the levers. The first blow to his confidence comes with the offer to perform in a new movie celebrating the regime, an offer the vain actor realizes he’s in no position to refuse.
Under the watchful eye of Dr. Mansour, a secretive government official, George faces the challenge of delivering the goods in this unusually high-stakes production while navigating new relationships with other powerful figures. While tensions in George’s personal and family lives bode more trouble, he takes a far greater risk when he grows closer to Suzanne, the alluring wife of the General in charge of the film.
Demonstrating the same ruthlessly sharp eye for Cairo’s power dynamics that distinguished the previous instalments in the director’s trilogy of films set in the city – The Nile Hilton Incident (2017), and Cairo Conspiracy (2022) – Saleh draws in viewers with tantalizing images of wealth, glamour, and privilege before revealing the more brutal reality existing behind the facade. (source: www.tiff.net)