The riveting final installment of writer-director Saleh’s Cairo Trilogy continues his critique of Egypt’s religious and political elite. The darkly humorous thriller stars Fares Fares as George El-Nabawi, a charismatic local superstar coerced by the government into starring in a propaganda film as President Al-Sissi. As George gets closer to the inner circle of power, he finds himself embroiled in dangerous conspiracies–and a relationship with the wife of a powerful general. –AS

Curated & presented in partnership with Mizna, SWANA Stories at MSPIFF presents bold and striking new films from North Africa, Southwest Asia, and the diaspora.