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The President (The President – პრეზიდენტის)

Francaise title: Le Président
Russian title: Президент
Original title: The President – პრეზიდენტის

Drama – Georgia, France, United Kingdom, Germany
Production year: 2014
Movie length: 119 minutes

Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Writer: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Marzieh Meshkini
Cinematograph: Konstantine-Mindia Esadze
Music: Guja Burduli, Tajdar Junaid, Daler Nazarov, Kvicha Maglakelidze

Movie description:

A brutal dictator comes face to face with the injustices committed by his regime when his country is taken over by revolutionists.

»The President« tells the story of a dictator of an imaginary country in the Caucasus, who is forced to escape following a coup d’état, and begins a journey to discover his country in the company of his five-year-old grandson. 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, which he comes to know from a different point of view.

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