The President

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  • Genre(s):Drama
  • Release year: 2014
  • Running time: 119 min
The President tells the story of a dictator who comes face to face with the people he previously subjugated. The President and his family rule their land with an iron fist, enjoying lives of luxury and leisure at the expense of their population's misery.read more
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The President tells the story of a dictator who comes face to face with the people he previously subjugated. The President and his family rule their land with an iron fist, enjoying lives of luxury and leisure at the expense of their population's misery. When a coup d'état overthrows his brutal rule and the rest of his family flees the country by plane, The President is suddenly left to care for his young grandson and forced to escape. Now the country’s most wanted fugitive with a bounty on his head, The President begins a perilous journey with the boy, criss-crossing the country to reach the sea where a ship waits to bring them to safety. Posing as street musicians and traveling together with the people who suffered for years under the dictatorship, the fallen President and the innocent child will be exposed first hand to the hardships that inspired unanimous hatred for the regime.

Original Release

08/30/2014

US Release

02/16/2017

Cast

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Directors

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Writers

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Marzieh Makhmalbaf

Cast

Producers

Editors

Hana Makhmalbaf

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