Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and Best Screenplay at Cannes, Tarik Saleh concludes his acclaimed trilogy about his ancestral homeland with this sophisticated, satirical political thriller set within the Egyptian film industry. The nation's most popular actor is forced to play president on the big screen, inadvertently dragging himself into the murky depths of state corruption. The film offers a playful and unpredictable narrative, shifting between deconstruction of the genre—as seen in works by contemporary auteurs such as Ali Abbasi—and the dissident spirit of classic noir, reminiscent of Fritz Lang. Fares Fares (The Nile Hilton Incident) and Lyna Khoudri (Houria) lead a stellar international cast, accompanied by a score from Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water), in one of the most powerful Arabic-language productions in history. A film about film, with the lies and fiction of a nation at its heart.