Reuniting with acclaimed actor Fares Fares, Tarik Saleh’s latest film is at once a clever political satire and a sobering cautionary tale of how the creeping spread of totalitarianism slowly takes over a nation’s psyche.

Egypt's most adored actor, George Fahmy is pressured to star in a film about the president’s rise to power commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts the role and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like a moth drawn to the flame he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the film.

In a clever interplay of comedy and tragedy, Saleh unpacks how culture and creativity are manipulated by sinister forces determined to remain in power at all costs.