The Devil's Double Page #2

Synopsis: Baghdad, the playground for the rich and infamous, where anything can be bought - but for a price. This is Uday Hussein's world and with his depraved lust for debauchery and immorality, he helps himself to whatever turns him on. When army lieutenant Latif Yahia is summoned 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. In a world entrenched in betrayal and corruption, knowing who to trust becomes a matter of life or death for Latif, as he battles to escape from his forced existence.
Director(s): Lee Tamahori
Production: Lionsgate
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
R
Year:
2011
109 min
£1,357,042
Website
497 Views


This is Said Kammuneh.

He's a member

of the Iraqi Olympic Committee.

He has something to show you.

This is from the personal collection

of Uday Saddam Hussein.

That guy, he was a police officer.

We were on the same football team.

Great left foot. Good in the air.

I shot this myself. Wait a minute.

Good work, huh?

We got a lot of this sh*t

from the East Germans and the Russians.

See that guy? That's Rakti, the wrestler.

He won a bronze medal in Moscow.

The President calls him

the sharp sword of the Republic.

You know that gas station

on Haifa Street by the lights?

The President gave him that.

The fat f***'s making 20 grand a month.

That's good money.

Look, I'll leave this with you.

- Seen enough?

- Enough?

Have I seen enough?

I remember the day Saddam Hussein

became president of this country.

I was still in short trousers.

We ran through the streets, shouting,

"Saddam! Saddam Hussein!

Saddam Hussein!" Firing our guns.

Even my father. Even my father.

This stuff, Munem...

These people...

I hope Said said something about this.

They're criminals, deserters.

Pornographers, counterfeiters,

murderers, of course.

Putschists. Enemies of the Republic.

Saddam Hussein built this country.

Never forget that.

The schools, the roads, hospitals,

the mosques.

He gave the Iraqi people

everything they want.

He demands only one thing in return.

Never raise a hand against his family.

Do so and you will suffer.

The people you love will suffer.

Do well here, work hard

and you'll be one of the family.

One day all this will be over. Inshallah.

Inshallah?

Only God knows when.

Come, come, come, come, come.

Munem disapproves. Look at him.

He's angry with me.

He thinks I should leave you at home.

- Who's this?

- Latif? He's my brother.

Nobody must know this,

but Saddam, he has three sons.

You tell anybody this,

I will have to cut your tongue out

with a razor and feed it to the cat.

Everything I own, I give to him.

You don't own me.

Sarrab, best f*** in Beirut.

Loosen your tie. Let me do it for you.

There. Isn't that better?

Be careful what you say.

I can read your mind.

Are you really the President's son?

You know what they say on TV.

We are all the President's sons.

Hey!

Hey!

Look at him.

He can't keep his hands off that drag queen.

Poor Uday.

Sometimes I think he wants

to f*** himself to death.

Will you excuse me a moment?

Keys.

Give me the keys.

Give me the f***ing keys!

Baby, I so love your tits!

I hope so, lover. You paid for them.

What have you done with my brother?

You see, Munem?

Discipline. We must have discipline.

If we do not have discipline,

we have no control.

If we have no control, we have chaos.

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