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DEVIL'S DOUBLE |
Year: 2011
USA: Lionsgate
UK: Icon Film Distribution
Cast: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi, Mem Ferda,
Dar Salim, Khalid Laith, Pano Masti, Nasser Memarzia, Philip Quast,
Selva Rasalingam, Mark Mifsud, Mimoun Oaïssa, Stewart Scudamore,
Jamie Harding, Akin Gazi
Director: Lee Tamahori
Country: Belgium
USA & UK: 108 mins
USA Rated: R for strong brutal bloody violence and torture,
sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and pervasive language
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong bloody violence, injury
detail and very strong language
USA Release Date: 29 July 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 10 August 2011
Official
US website
Official UK website
Reviews: Phase9
movie review
Synopsis
"Money. Sex. Power. It's not enough."
Baghdad 1987, Latif Yahia (Dominic Cooper) is taken to see his
former schoolmate Uday (also played by Cooper), eldest son to Saddam
Hussein. Latif is told
that a great honour had been bestowed upon him: because of the great
likeness between them, he has been chosen to be Uday's ‘fiday’ -
his body double. Trapped, tortured and fearful for the safety of his
family Latif has no choice but to comply.
A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life as
Latif is forced to become part of Uday’s world, witness to the
horror of his insane life of debauchery, excess and brutality. A
world entrenched in betrayal and corruption and an experience for
which he almost pays with his life on more than one occasion.
THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE is based on true events.
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