Tarik Saleh on His Cannes Thriller ‘Eagles of the Republic’ Forming a ‘Cairo Trilogy’ With ‘Boy From Heaven’ and ‘Nile Hilton Incident:’ ‘It’s About Men Trying to Defeat a City that Cannot Be Defeated’ (EXCLUSIVE)

For a filmmaker making gripping thrillers dealing with religion and oppressive politics, Tarik Saleh is surprisingly funny and joyful. The filmmaker, who became Sweden’s most prominent street artists before turning into one of the country’s biggest star filmmaker, returns to the Cannes Film Festival with “Eagles of the Republic,” three years after winning best screenplay with “Boy From Heaven.” Saleh hit the ground running with his feature debut, “The Nile Hilton Incident” which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2017. His sophomore feature, “Boy From Heaven,” was an arthouse hit that traveled around the world and was chosen by Sweden as its Oscar entry. With “Eagles of

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