CAIRO — Throughout the month of May, Egyptian media outlets were at each other’s throats to obtain and publish leaks about “Days of Wrath and Revolution,” the first film depicting the political conflicts between the revolutions of Jan. 25, 2011, and June 30, 2013. The leaked information has triggered the interest of the public, as the film has an actor playing the role of a man who is now the sitting Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
The buzz started when Youm7 newspaper published a story May 7 indicating that several Egyptian actors will star in a film that is expected to be the biggest production in the history of Egyptian cinema. The film tells the details of political events that took place in Egypt from the January 25 Revolution to the the events taking place in late June and early July 2013. Famous actor Ahmed el-Sakka plays the role of Sisi, while Ahmed Rizk plays the role of President Mohammed Morsi; Sisi, who became president in 2014, headed the armed forces when he ousted Morsi in 2013.
