The Devil's Double

2011
C
1h 49min

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Dominic Cooper in The Devil's Double (2011)

Forced to become the body double of Uday Hussein, Latif Ahmed (Cooper) bears witness to daily life under Saddam Hussein's reign, from lavish extravagances to sadistic acts of brutality.

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Una escalofriante visión de la Casa de Saddam Hussein cobra vida a través de los ojos del hombre que se vio obligado a convertirse en el doble del sádico hijo de Hussein.Una escalofriante visión de la Casa de Saddam Hussein cobra vida a través de los ojos del hombre que se vio obligado a convertirse en el doble del sádico hijo de Hussein.Una escalofriante visión de la Casa de Saddam Hussein cobra vida a través de los ojos del hombre que se vio obligado a convertirse en el doble del sádico hijo de Hussein.

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7/10

surprisingly good

Saw this movie today at Berlinale and was pleasantly surprised that as I walked out of it thought to myself that it's been a really long time since I saw a decent movie like this. Before I looked Uday/Latif up on the internet I had doubts about how close the plot was to reality, turned out to be quite interesting showing that, well everything in the movie has (kind of) happened. Makes it disturbing to know on a different level.

The depiction of Uday's psychotic character throughout the movie seems very real and does not spare or cheat the viewers any disturbing torture/abuse scenes. Some people might dislike this, some maybe even enjoy it.

That being said I liked the overall acting, both main and lesser characters did a good job. And on a side note: i found the movie sets and props were quite awesome.

btw: I can still remember the news of Uday's and Qusai's deaths back in 2003, but that meant little to me at that time. At least now i know.

Trivia
There is a reference to The Godfather in one of the first scenes where Latif is impersonating Uday. He acts as a double when entering and leaving an important meeting. When he leaves and is shot at by a young boy an orange cart is shown prominently with oranges falling. Oranges were present whenever death occurred or was about to in The Godfather and there was an orange cart featured when Don Corleone was shot at it.

Errores
In a lot of car scenes the driver is on the right side, but in Iraq the driver seat is on the left.

Citas
Munem: Please be clear about this, Latif. Uday has chosen you. You belong to him. You have about five minutes to think about this. Before a car pulls up outside your house in Al-Adhamiya and your family, everyone one of them - your father, your mother, your sisters and brothers; is thrown into Abu Ghraib. God willing, they will die quickly. I've said too much. You have about two minutes left.

Conexiones
Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 10 August 2011 (2011)

Bandas sonoras
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Written by Pete Burns (as Peter Jozzepi Burns), Steve Coy(as Stephen Coy), Mike Percy (as Michael David Percy), Tim Lever (as Timothy John Lever)
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