イラクの独裁者サダム・フセインの息子、ウダイの影武者だったラティフ・ヤヒアの自伝を映画化した衝撃作。ウダイに顔が似ていることから無理やり影武者に仕立てられ、人生を狂わされた男の絶望と怒りを描き、サンダンスやベルリンなど世界各国の映画祭で絶賛された。監督は、『007/ダイ・アナザー・デイ』のリー・タマホリ。狂気にとらわれたウダイと家族を愛するラティフという、正反対の2人を一人二役で演じ切った『マンマ・ミーア！』のドミニク・クーパーの熱演が光る。
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製作費: $19,100,000 (29億円)
興行収入: $5,728,213 (9億円)
推定収支: $-13,371,787 (-20億円)
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監督: Lee Tamahori
脚本: Michael Thomas / Latif Yahia
音楽: Christian Henson
制作: Paul Breuls / Michael John Fedun / Emjay Rechsteiner
撮影監督: Sam McCurdy
制作会社: Corrino Media Corporation / Corsan / Staccato Films
**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_
