THE PRESIDENT
synopsis
In an imaginary village in the Caucasus, a President is on the run with his five-year-old grandson following a coup d’état. The two travel across the lands that the President once governed. Now, disguised as a street musician to avoid being recognized, the former dictator comes into contact with his people, and gets to know them from a different point of view.
international title: | The President |
original title: | The President |
country: | Georgia, France, United Kingdom, Germany |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
film run: | 105' |
cinematography by: | Misha Gomiashvili, Dachi Orvelashvili |
production: | 20 Steps Production, Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME), BAC Films, Bruemmer und Herzog Filmproduktion, Creativity Capital, Makhmalbaf Film House Prod. (IR) |
distributor: | BAC Films |