on 5/23/2025, 11:26 am, in reply to "EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC, third in Tarik Saleh's corruption-in-Egypt trilogy, debuts at Cannes..."
For those too pooped to click, here's the bottom line:
With this third, velvet paw chapter of his Cairo trilogy (boasting the talented Pierre Aïm heading up photography and Alexandre Desplat on music), Tarik Saleh addresses a wolf-like grin to the audience, inviting them not to ask too many questions but to allow themselves to be whisked away by a wonderfully controlled and colourful story which is full of twists and suspense, and which also dispenses a history lesson or two, here and there, while following the trajectory of an individual who’s no stranger to masks but who’s caught in the regime’s trap.
Perhaps you can tell we're dealing with a Brit reviewer here, n'est-ce pas?
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