Synopsis
The President and his family run their country with an iron fist, enjoying a luxurious lifestyle while their subjects live in misery.
From one day to the next, a violent coup d’état puts an end to the dictatorship and the President becomes the most wanted man in the country.
With his 5-year-old grandson, he then tries to reach the sea, where a ship is waiting to transport them away from danger. Disguised as street musicians, they are confronted by the suffering and hatred that the President has provoked by his policies and attitude.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-production : BAC Films
- Foreign production companies : 20 Steps, Makhmalbaf Film House
- Film exports/foreign sales : BAC Films
- French distribution : BAC Films
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriters : Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Marziyeh Meshkini
- Director of photography : Konstantine Mindia Esadze
- Music Composers : Guja Burduli, Tadjar Junaid
- Assistant director : Hana Makhmalbaf
- Editors : Hana Makhmalbaf, Marziyeh Meshkini
- Costume designer : Ketevan Kalandadze
- Press Attaché (film) : Robert Schlockoff
- Production Designer : Mamuka Esadze
- Casting : Eka Mzhavanadze
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : War, Drama
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : Georgia, France, Great Britain
- Original French-language productions : No