What was the last movie you watched?
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Eagles of the Republic, from Tarik Saleh.
A thriller set in current day Egypt, where a star actor is chosent to play the role of Al-Sissi in a propanga film for the Egyptian government, only to end being at the center of a political conspiracy, and being the witness of the autocratic regime in Egypt with his friends and family suffering from it.
Really enjoyed this one, really felt the pressure of the MC being confronted to the terrifying power of an autocratic government and of its secret services, with Fares Fares giving a great performance as this flawed but still very human actor who has several affairs, has a difficult and distant relation with his son but still loves, who dislikes Sissi's regime but ends up cowering to it to protect his son, and who also does try to help one of his actress friends and his neighbors after one of them, a son, is arrested.
Really gives food for thought.
A thriller set in current day Egypt, where a star actor is chosent to play the role of Al-Sissi in a propanga film for the Egyptian government, only to end being at the center of a political conspiracy, and being the witness of the autocratic regime in Egypt with his friends and family suffering from it.
Really enjoyed this one, really felt the pressure of the MC being confronted to the terrifying power of an autocratic government and of its secret services, with Fares Fares giving a great performance as this flawed but still very human actor who has several affairs, has a difficult and distant relation with his son but still loves, who dislikes Sissi's regime but ends up cowering to it to protect his son, and who also does try to help one of his actress friends and his neighbors after one of them, a son, is arrested.
Really gives food for thought.