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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
Name | Character |
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Mikheil Gomiashvili | Your Majesty / Grandad / President |
Dachi Orvelashvili | Your Royal Highness / Grandson |
Ia Sukhitashvili | Prostitute / The prostitute |
Guja Burduli | Political Prisoner - singer |
Zura Begalishvili | Barber / Hairdresser |
Lasha Ramishshvili | Guard |
Joseph Khvedelidze | Political Prisoner - lover / Prisonner |
Dato Beshitaishvili | Political Forgiving Prisoner |
Leo Antadze | Colonel |
George Anthony | Soldier |
Directors
Writers
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Marzieh Makhmalbaf
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mikheil Gomiashvili | Your Majesty / Grandad / President |
Dachi Orvelashvili | Your Royal Highness / Grandson |
Ia Sukhitashvili | Prostitute / The prostitute |
Guja Burduli | Political Prisoner - singer |
Zura Begalishvili | Barber / Hairdresser |
Lasha Ramishshvili | Guard |
Joseph Khvedelidze | Political Prisoner - lover / Prisonner |
Dato Beshitaishvili | Political Forgiving Prisoner |
Leo Antadze | Colonel |
George Anthony | Soldier |
Elene Bezarashvili | Younger daughter |
Tornike Bziava | The soldier |
Davit Davishvili | Marshall |
Kakha Gabelaia | Tortured Political Prisoner |
Gia Gogishvili | Groom |
Nika Gordeziani | Soldier |
Tekla Javakhadze | Bride |
Lasha Kankava | Army Officer |
Avto Karashvili | Man Who Saw the President |
Lazare Kervalishvili | Barber's son |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Patrick Fischer | Executive Producer |
Richard Kondal | Executive Producer |
Henning Brümmer | Producer |
Mike Downey | Producer |
Rudolph Herzog | Producer |
Vladimer Katcharava | Producer |
Tanja Lunardelli | Producer |
Maysam Makhmalbaf | Producer |
Mathieu Robinet | Producer |
Sam Taylor | Producer |