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Eagles of the Republic review
The third film in Tarik Saleh’s ‘Cairo trilogy’ is a about a washed-up movie star who is bullied into starring in government propaganda
TL;DR
- The film is the third in Tarik Saleh's "Cairo trilogy" and is a black-comic political thriller.
- It centers on aging Egyptian movie star George Fahmy, who is coerced into starring in a government propaganda biopic.
- George Fahmy's character struggles with vanity, emotional woundedness, and attempts to gain his estranged son's approval.
- The film satirizes the manipulation of the film industry for political purposes and the compromises made by those in power.
- A satirical moment involves a general claiming William Shakespeare was from the Arabic world and named "Sheikh Zoupir."