The President

6.9
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 115 min
  • Premiere: 2014. August 30.

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

Mamuka Esadze

Art Direction

Camera

Konstantin Esadze

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Ketevan Kalandadze

Costume Designer

Directing

Anna Mariakhina

Second Assistant Director

Hana Makhmalbaf

First Assistant Director

Rusudan Chkhonia

Second Assistant Director

Salome Jugeli

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Mike Downey

Producer

Sam Taylor

Producer

Henning Brümmer

Co-Producer

Mathieu Robinet

Co-Producer

Rudolph Herzog

Co-Producer

Sound

Nika Paniashvili

Sound Recordist

Maysam Makhmalbaf

Sound Designer

Art

Mamuka Esadze

Art Direction

Camera

Konstantin Esadze

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Ketevan Kalandadze

Costume Designer

Directing

Anna Mariakhina

Second Assistant Director

Hana Makhmalbaf

First Assistant Director

Rusudan Chkhonia

Second Assistant Director

Salome Jugeli

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Mike Downey

Producer

Sam Taylor

Producer

Henning Brümmer

Co-Producer

Mathieu Robinet

Co-Producer

Rudolph Herzog

Co-Producer

Sound

Nika Paniashvili

Sound Recordist

Maysam Makhmalbaf

Sound Designer