Eagles of the Republic

Egypt's most popular actor, George Fahmy, is on the decline - his star status is in jeopardy, and to regain his footing, he is forced to star in a government propaganda tape about the president. This role drags him into the thin mouth of political games, where the lines between art and manipulation blur, and refusal can cost too much. Read more Tariq Saleh completes his famous "Cairo Trilogy" - after "The Incident at the Neil Hilton Hotel" and "The Boy from Paradise" - in a film that skillfully combines a political thriller with a cinema-within-a-cinema. This is a story about how popularity becomes a tool in the hands of ruling elites, and about the price of compromises between creative freedom and the dictates of propaganda. Fares Fares' strong performance, hypnotic music and rising tension keep the viewer's attention until the last moment.