NZ director tackles Iraqi tale
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Kiwi director Lee Tamahori is back at work in Malta on his latest movie.The 'Once Were Warriors' helmsman is on location for new action drama, 'The Devil's Double'.
Starring 'Mamma Mia's Dominic Cooper and French star Ludivine Sagnier, the film is based on Latif Yahia’s biographical novel.
Cooper plays both Saddam Hussein’s son, Uday Hussein, and his body double Latif Yahia. Sagnier
plays Sarrab, Uday’s concubine and the secret lover of Latif.
Described as a ordinary man’s struggle in a world of power, deceit, betrayal, violence and seduction, hopes are high for the New Zealand director's latest effort.
When army lieutenant Latif Yahia 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.No word yet on when the film is due out but with two hot young stars, there's plenty of buzz about it already.
