Tarik Saleh ’s political thriller “ Eagles of the Republic ” has been selected as Sweden’s entry in the best international feature film category of the Academy Awards .

The film, the final installment in Saleh’s “Cairo Trilogy,” after Sundance winner “The Nile Hilton Incident” and Cannes prize-winning “Cairo Conspiracy,” features Fares Fares as Egypt’s most celebrated actor, George Fahmy, who reluctantly agrees to star in a regime‑commissioned propaganda biopic – only to find himself caught in political machinations, including an illicit affair with a general’s wife.

“Eagles of the Republic” is produced by Linus Stöhr Torell (Unlimited Stories), Linda Mutawi and Johan Lindström (Apparaten), and Alexandre Mallet-Guy (Memento Production). The project is co-produced by SVT, Film i Väst

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