The Devil's Double Page #4

Synopsis: Baghdad, the playground for the rich and infamous, where anything can be bought - but for a price. This is Uday Hussein's world and with his depraved lust for debauchery and immorality, he helps himself to whatever turns him on. When army lieutenant Latif Yahia is summoned 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. In a world entrenched in betrayal and corruption, knowing who to trust becomes a matter of life or death for Latif, as he battles to escape from his forced existence.
Director(s): Lee Tamahori
Production: Lionsgate
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
R
Year:
2011
109 min
£1,357,042
Website
528 Views


You think you can pick and choose?

You think you can pick and choose?

You are nothing!

Without me, you'd be hanging

from a f***ing lamppost on Haifa Street.

I made you, Latif. I made you.

I gave you life.

If I want, I'll f***ing take it away.

Now put a bullet in his head.

I'm not going to kill this man.

Kill me if you want.

- I don't care.

- You would die to save this man?

Go on, what are you waiting for?

Kill me. Put a bullet in my head.

You're going to do it one of these nights

when the mood takes you.

Why not now?

Go on, put a bullet in my head.

Never. I love you too much.

No.

You love Uday.

You are not afraid to die?

You forget.

I died the day I came here.

You do not fear God.

Let me make this easy for you.

I don't believe it.

Somebody get this on tape.

Yassem! Come film this.

- This is better than a porno movie!

- Get me the hospital.

- Get out of my way.

- Yassem, film this. Film this.

Yassem! Yassem!

Yassem!

Get help.

He's the last person I'd be going out with.

- But he's my best friend.

- Well, you go out with him, then.

- Go out with who?

- Nobody, Baba.

Am I missing something here?

- I'll get it.

- Yes, Baba.

Gallalha's getting married next week.

Is she? That's good.

Makes life much easier for me.

Baba!

It's Latif!

Ju'an, run along, habibi.

Uday Saddam Hussein

invites you to a party.

His birthday.

He is never going to stop.

Son,

I don't want to know what you've done.

I want you to know

that I absolutely trust you.

And I am proud of you.

One day, when God wills it,

we'll have justice.

You must go.

You must leave this country,

go as far away as you can,

and don't come back

until Uday Hussein is dead and buried.

He will come looking for me.

He will come here. You know that.

He will come looking for you.

Go to this party, drink his whiskey.

We must look for the right moment.

- Don't ask me to do this.

- Latif, I am an old man.

My life is here.

Everything I have made of my life.

God gave me life, my son.

When he wills it, he'll take it away.

You will do as you are told.

You.

You, you, in the blue dress.

In the blue dress.

Get it off. Get it off, all of it.

Get it off, get it off, get it off.

Go on, take, take, take.

All of you, all of you. You, in the gold.

Give me... Take off your dress.

Take off your dress!

It's Uday's birthday party for my friends

and I want to see all of you naked,

all of you!

Come on! Come on, naked.

More. Blue clothing. Take it off!

Now, off. All of it. Take your knickers off.

Beautiful ass. Beautiful ass.

Come on! Take it off!

This is birthday celebration!

Good, good, good. I like it.

And you. Don't hide yourself.

Let me see you.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.

You should show yourself.

It is a lot of beautiful people

for my birthday.

- That Mercedes...

- It's not for sale.

I heard you'd take 30,000.

There are two things I never do, Said.

I never pass wind in the presence

of the President of the Republic

and I never do business with pimps like you.

Latif! Latif!

God is great.

He gives my brother back to me.

- You didn't?

- I did. Come.

Come, come, come, come, come.

I quite enjoyed it.

It hurt like hell.

I thought I would need stitches.

What is Sarrab going to say?

Sarrab?

What is Sarrab going to say?

Why the f*** should you care

what Sarrab is going to say?

Look at him.

Latif thinks because he looks like me,

he dresses like me, he sleeps in my bed,

he thinks he can f*** like me.

You think you can f*** my women?

He's jealous.

He wants to f*** you himself.

You know what this f***ing Kurd

said to me?

I offered him 30,000 dinars

for that Mercedes.

He said he wouldn't sell it to a pimp.

Pimp? You called this gentleman a pimp?

- Gentleman?

- He called you a pimp?

- Uday's.

- Uday's pimp? Uday's pimp?

- You called this man Uday's pimp?

- He's lying.

This man is my friend.

He is one of this country's

most successful businessmen.

Businessmen?

What business is that? C*nt?

- Sit down.

- I'm leaving.

- Sit down.

- Are you leaving? No?

I am leaving.

Sit down. I'm talking to you.

What do you want from me, Uday?

You belong to me, Latif.

You do as I say. Sit down.

You are going to have to shoot me

in the back.

Stop!

Stop! I order you to stop!

F***!

Take me with you.

You can't leave me here.

Kill him. He'd kill you.

I am not Uday.

Come on.

Keys.

F***! F***! F***!

You let him go.

He had a gun.

You had a gun.

He took it.

F***.

Second thoughts?

I should've put you out back there.

Would've been the smart thing to do.

- That's what Uday would have done.

- Not so smart.

Uday would have killed me first.

- Do you have any money?

- No.

- Nothing?

- I'm not a prostitute.

Too bad.

Do you ride?

Well, what does it say?

What does it say, Munem?

Uday Saddam Hussein has fled Iraq.

Sit down.

Who is this woman?

Some whore he met.

Uday will make an appearance

on the news at 1 :00.

They're on their way here now.

She has no shoes on her feet.

This is what happens.

You give people an opportunity,

Iift them up, let them eat at your table,

sleep in your bed.

And this is how they repay you.

Who is this?

I'm sitting here watching Ali

f*** your sister up the ass.

I'm not joking with you, Latif.

Come back to Baghdad.

We can smoke a pipe together.

F*** some women, drive some cars.

Don't tell me you need time to think.

Don't keep me waiting, brother.

Don't force my hand.

Come back, Latif.

I miss you.

I've got no one here to talk to.

Think of your mother and your father.

How did he get this number?

We just walked through the door.

Uday knows everybody.

These people in Malta

have a lot of business in Baghdad.

Half the people I know have money here.

They come to get their tits done.

We've got to get out of here.

We cannot stay here.

We walk through the door

and he's on the phone.

He will never leave us alone.

I know him, he's a fanatic.

He will never stop.

You're not listening to me!

Stop shouting at me!

I have a child.

A little girl.

Tara.

Nobody knows this, not even Uday.

She's with my sister in Samarra.

You have to help me.

You have to do something, Latif.

She's three years old.

I can't leave my daughter in Iraq.

You tell me this now?

I was too frightened.

- I didn't know what you'd do.

- This is insane.

You are insane.

- What kind of a woman are you?

- There's nothing else, wallahi, I swear it.

What do you expect me to do?

Who is the father?

Talk to him.

Do you even know who the father is?

Now that's Uday talking. I can hear it.

He's dead.

I spoke to my sister.

She knows a man who can drive

Tara to Amman. He wants US dollars.

It was you.

What do you mean?

How else did Uday know where I was?

There is no other way.

You never say anything nice, do you?

You never say I look pretty.

You never ask me how I'm feeling.

You never tell me you love me.

When you make love to me,

you're tender.

Only then.

Look at me, Latif.

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