BE2CAN | Les Aigles de la République (Eagles of the Republic)

George Fahmy, l’acteur le plus adulé d’Egypte, accepte sous la contrainte de jouer dans un film commandé par les plus hautes autorités du Pays. Il se retrouve plongé dans le cercle étroit du pouvoir. Comme un papillon de nuit attiré par la lumière, il entame une liaison avec la mystérieuse épouse du général qui supervise le film.

George Fahmy (played by the always-excellent Saleh regular Fares Fares) is Egypt’s most famous actor: known as the “Pharaoh of the Screen”, Fahmy appears in everything from historical drama to sci-fi. He lives with his much younger lover and leads a charmed existence, despite being estranged from his wife and son. When he’s approached by the Egyptian government to star in a propaganda film, he recognises that he’s not really being asked but being instructed. Finding himself embedded in a whole new strata of influence and power, Fahmy unwisely begins an affair with the wife of the dangerous general supervising the film, with grave repercussions. Utilising scathing satire, Saleh portrays an authoritarian society rife with paranoia, corruption and power games in this riveting political thriller.