Film
The President
France · GE · Germany · United Kingdom- Age rating
- 15
- Director
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Year
- 2014
The President is 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.
Top cast
Directed by
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Written by
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Marziyeh Meshkiny
Produced by
Maysam Makhmalbaf, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Vladimer Katcharava
