The President
Georgia, France, UK, German / 2014 / 119 min.
Director: Mohsen MAKHMALBAF
[Introduction]
The latest feature from Iranian exile filmmaker Mohsen MAKHMALBAF. Shot entirely in Georgia but set in a fictional nation, it follows the fate of a dictator who loses his status in a coup d'etat and flees with his grandson. Received voluminous praise after it opened the Venice Film Festival's Orizzonti sidebar.
