The President
Produced in 2014
Film Information
Festival Edition 2014 - Edition 14
Section Panorama
Director Mohsen Makmalbaf
Country Georgia / France / UK / Germany
Duration 105 min
Language Georgian (with English subtitles)
Category Panorama 2014
Producer Maysam Makmalbaf, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Vladimir Katcharava
Screenplay Mohsen Makmalbaf, Marziyeh Meshkiny
Cast Misha Gomiashvili, dachi Orvelashvili, Guja Burduli, Ia Sukhitashvili, Lasha Ramishvili
Genre Drama
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.
The President
2014