(NR) Sweden/France/Denmark – 2 hr 9 min – with subtitles
2025 · d. Tarik Saleh
Starring Fares Fares, Lyna Khoudri, Amr Waked
Pressed into playing Egypt’s president in a propagandistic biopic, a superstar actor is drawn closer to the regime’s inner circle and soon finds himself in a real-life intrigue more dangerous than anything on the screen. Starting as a biting film industry satire, this gripping political thriller draws the audience through twists and turns towards its hair-raising climax.
