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THE PRESIDENT
Georgia | 2014 | Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The latest film from the exiled Iranian master filmmaker of such films as Gabbeh and Kandahar is a pointed satire about a toppled dictator who tries to flee his country with his young grandson. Disguising himself as a street musician, he escapes into the countryside on his way to the coast. Along the way he meets some of the former political prisoners whom he oppressed for many years. “Has surprising urgency and sweep.” –The NY Times. Georgian with subtitles. DCP. 115 min.
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