Eagles of the Republic

Written and Directed by: Tarik Saleh

Year of production: 2025

Production countries: Sweden, France, Denmark, Finland, Germany

Starring: Fares Fares, Lyna Khoudri

Director of Photography: Pierre Aïm

Production Design: Roger Rosenberg

Costume Design: Virginie Montel

Make-up Design: Saara Räisänen

Editing: Theis Schmidt

Composer: Alexandre Desplat

Producers: Linus Stöhr Torell / Unlimited Stories; Linda Mutawi, Johan Lindström / Apparaten; Alexandre Mallet-Guy / Memento Production

Co-producers: Monica Hellström / Ström Pictures; Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff / Bufo; Films Boutique

Egypt’s most adored actor, George Fahmy (Fares Fares) is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts the role and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like a moth drawn to the flame he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the film.

World premiere at Cannes Film Festival in 2025.

Eagles of the Republic is the third and final film in Tarik Saleh’s Cairo trilogy after successful The Nile Hilton Incident (Grand Jury Prize award, Sundance 2017) and Cairo Conspiracy aka Boy from Heaven (Best Screenplay, Cannes 2022).