DVD, Digital Release: The President

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Laurence
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Digital & DVD Release Date: Oct. 27, 2020
Price: DVD $24.95
Studio: Corinth Films

Inspired by the Arab Spring, the acclaimed, exiled Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf helms the timely drama The President, which opened the Venice Film Festival back in 2014.

Taking place in an unnamed country (but filmed largely in the Republic of Georgia), the President and his family rule with a draconian fist, enjoying a privileged and luxurious existence at the expense of his miserable and oppressed subjects. After a coup d’état uproots his position of power, the President’s wife and daughters are flown out of the country as he stays behind with his grandson, who is too young to grasp the unfolding events. After his personal escort and bodyguards turn on him, he is forced to disguise himself and flee into the countryside to avoid capture, soon learning that he is now the country’s most wanted fugitive.

A modern fable about power, reconciliation, and the hope for peace in the face of a never-ending circle of violence, The President DVD contains the following bonus features:

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
  • “Making of The President”

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.