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THE PRESIDENT by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Trailer)

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• published: 25 Aug 2014
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Director: Mohsen MAKHMALBAF Synopsis: 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 firsthand to the hardships that inspired unanimous hatred for the regime. نظر کارگردان: پرزيدنت فيلمی است در دفاع از انسان و در نقد خشونت. چه خشونت ديكتاتورها و چه خشونت انقلابيون. كافی نيست يك ماندلای قهرمان ضد خشونت داشته باشيم و جهانی پر از خشونت. اگر از نابودی تدريجی انسان به دست خشونت ها در رنجيم ، بايد با فرهنگ سازی كاری كنيم كه همه چون ماندلا بينديشند. پرزيدنت تلاشی است در اين زمينه . Director's View: In the course of the Arab spring several dictatorships of the region collapsed (Ben Ali, Mubarak, Gheddafi), but more than 40 are still in power worldwide. But even in those countries that seemed to take a step forward towards Democracy we have witnessed a great deal of violence, before and after the collapse of the old regimes. Hundreds of thousands people have been killed and millions more have been injured or become refugees. As the result of all this violence, the road to Democracy after dictatorship appears more and more difficult for these countries. How can these nations possibly reach Democracy and recover from these terrible conflicts? Following the collapse of any dictator, king or president - the violence used against them by the people will result in new violence later on. The new ruling party, having witnessed this, will not want to relinquish power, as they are frightened of meeting the same violent end. Therefore they resort to every possible means to hang on to their power, even killing the people of their own Country if necessary. THE PRESIDENT is a modern fable about power, reconciliation, and the hope for breaking a never ending circle of violence, exploring the possibility of stopping the violence after a revolution in search of Freedom and Democracy. Director: Mohsen MAKHMALBAF Writer: Mohsen MAKHMALBAF Marziyeh MESHKINY Cast: Misha GOMIASHVILI Dachi ORVELASHVILI Guja BURDULI Ia SUKHITASHVILI D.O.P: Konstantin Mindia ESADZE Editor: Hana MAKHMALBAF Marziyeh MESHKINY Art Director Mamuka ESADZE First Assistant Director: Hana MAKHMALBAF Second Assistant Director: Anna MARIAKHINA Rusudan CHKHONIA Salome JUGELI Sound Recorder: Nika PANIASHVILI Sound Designer: Maysam MAKHMALBAF Music: Guja BURDULI Tajdar JUNAID Daler NAZAROV Kvicha MAGLAKELIDZE Producer: Maysam MAKHMALBAF Mike DOWNEY Sam TAYLOR Vladimer KATCHARAVA Co-producer: Mathieu ROBINET David GRUMBACH Rudolph HERZOG Henning BRUEMMER Productions: Makhmalbaf Film House Productions Film and Music Entertainment 20 Steps Productions In coproduction with: Bac Films Bruemmer Und Herzog Filmproduktion A Georgian-UK-French-German Co-Production Color, 118 minutes, 2014 International Sales: BAC Films (France)