The Devil’s Double

Vanaf nu te koop: The Devil’s Double! Van James Bond regisseur Lee Tamahori komt deze knallende actiefilm over de dubbelganger van de zoon van Saddam Hussein! Ook wel de Scarface van het Midden Oosten genoemd…..

Mooie vrouwen in gouden bikini’s, de aanwezigheid van de internationale cast en regisseur, een stormloop op Tuschinski en meer dan genoeg BN’ertjes die deze film niet wilden missen: alle ingrediënten voor een geslaagde première waren aanwezig. Maar het meest bijzondere was toch wel dat de echte Latif Yahia acte de presence gaf met zijn familie. Inderdaad, de man die gedwongen werd de dubbelganger van Uday Hoessein te worden; een sadistische en totaal ontspoorde dictatorszoon.

A Corsan, Corrino, Staccato production

The year is 1987 and Baghdad is the playground for the rich and infamous where anything can be bought but for a price. This is a country entrenched in betrayal and corruption a hunting ground for Iraq’s Black Prince, Uday Hussein.

With his depraved lust for debauchery and immorality he helps himself to whatever turns him on. Your Ferrari, your wife, your daughter, and your blood nobody says no to Uday Hussein and lives to tell the tale.

When army lieutenant, Latif Yahia (Dominic Cooper), is summoned from the frontline to Saddam’s palace he is faced with an impossible request to be Uday’s fiday’ his body double, or have his family condemned to death.

With his life on the line, his fate is decided. Latif begins his journey as Uday Hussein, one of Iraq’s most powerful and hated men. He learns to walk, talk and look like him - and he experiences the extravagance of Uday’s world with its fast cars, endless money and easy women.

For Latif knowing who to trust becomes a matter of life or death, as he battles to escape from his forced existence. Sarrab (Ludivine Sagnier), Uday’s notorious concubine is the unlikely ally who will help Latif escape from his nightmare.

In a dynamic and chilling portrayal of Latif Yahia’s autobiographical novel, THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE charts one man’s struggle in a world of violence, power and seduction.