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Fares Fares & Cherien Dabis Talk “Eagles of the Republic”
Fares Fares and Cherien Dabis are front and center in the intense new film Eagles of the Republic, a Cannes-selected political thriller that pulls back the curtain on fame under pressure. Fares stars as a beloved Egyptian actor forced into a dangerous game when he’s pushed to portray a real-life dictator in a state-controlled propaganda film. What starts as a career move quickly spirals into a high-stakes world of surveillance, manipulation, and life-or-death consequences.
In our conversation, Dabis—who plays a key figure caught in the web of power—dives into the film’s deeper themes…
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