A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.
Dominic Cooper
Latif Yahia / Uday Hussein
Ludivine Sagnier
Sarrab
Raad Rawi
Munem
Philip Quast
Saddam Hussein / Faoaz
Mem Ferda
Kamel Hannah
Mimoun Oaïssa
Ali
Khalid Laith
Yassem Al-Helou
Nasser Memarzia
Latif's Father
Dar Salim
Azzam
Pano Masti
Said
Stewart Scudamore
Father of School Girl
Amrita Acharia
School Girl
Amber Rose Revah
Bride
Selva Rasalingam
Rokan
Jamie Harding
Qusay
Akin Gazi
Saad
Elektra Anastasi
School Girl 2
Oona Chaplin
Beauty
Norman Schwarzkopf
Self (archive footage)
Director
Lee Tamahori
Screenplay
Michael Thomas
Screenplay
Latif Yahia
December 24, 2016
6
**It was not a stolen identity, but forcibly given.**
The film was based on the book of the same name that tells the true story of a young Iraqi man Latif, who was forced to body double the Saddam Hussein's playboy son, Uday. This is the reason I was not interested in this. Usually biopics are made to inspire the viewers, but there are negative films as well and this is one of those. Actually, it was not about the Saddam or his politics or his family, except Uday. So it was told from the perspective of Latif. How he suffered and fought back was the film focused on.
After watching it so delay, I think I was wrong about it. The film is for adults, but the thing is it reveals lots of dark secrets of Uday's lifestyle. Sadly the film did not cover much of the Saddam Hussein's events. The Kiwi filmmaker did his best. Dominic Cooper's performance in the dual role was the highlight. That should be the reason to watch this, because you know like me, people are turning it away once they read whose story is this. This film is here to remind us the bad history about the bad people, other than that there's nothing in it.
_6/10_
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$19,100,000.00
Revenue:
$5,728,213.00