Eagles of the Republic

Sweden’s official Oscar submission, Tarik Saleh’s gripping political thriller is the explosive third chapter in his acclaimed Cairo Trilogy. When a celebrated Egyptian movie star is coerced into headlining a glossy regime propaganda film, he finds himself pulled into a shadowy world of secret police, powerful elites, and dangerous personal entanglements. As the lines between performance and reality blur, ambition and survival collide in a high-stakes game he can’t control. Anchored by a commanding turn from Fares Fares, the film is sleek, seductive, and razor-sharp—peeling back the glamour of fame to expose the brutal machinery of power lurking beneath.