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The President (2014) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 30, 2014

Original Title:
The President

Alternate Titles:
Le président
어느 독재자

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
20 Steps Productions
Bac Films
Brümmer & Herzog Filmproduktion
Film and Music Entertainment
Makhmalbaf Film House Productions

Production Countries:
France | Georgia | Germany | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
KR: 15 

Runtime: 115

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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.

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Art Direction:
Mamuka Esadze

Co-Producer:
Mathieu Robinet
David Tioulong Grumbach
Rudolph Herzog
Henning Brümmer

Costume Designer:
Ketevan Kalandadze

Director:
Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Director of Photography:
Konstantin Esadze

Editor:
Hana Makhmalbaf
Marziyeh Meshkiny

First Assistant Director:
Hana Makhmalbaf

Music:
Tajdar Junaid
Daler Nazarov
Kvicha Maglakelidze

Producer:
Maysam Makhmalbaf
Mike Downey
Sam Taylor
Vladimer Katcharava

Second Assistant Director:
Anna Mariakhina
Rusudan Chkhonia
Salome Jugeli

Sound Designer:
Maysam Makhmalbaf

Sound Recordist:
Nika Paniashvili

Writer:
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Marziyeh Meshkiny

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