Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s The President is his latest film following a long career including such accolades as Kandahar (2001) and The Gardener(2012).
A recipient of the Golden Hugo jury prize at the Chicago International Film Festival, The President is about a repressive dictator who is thrown from power in a sweeping coup d’etat and confronted by the many citizens brutalized by his regime as he attempts to flee the country. Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, a former political prisoner of the 1980’s Iranian regime, is best known for Kandahar (2001).
‘The President’ opens June 3, 2016 at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, 1886 Broadway, New York, NY 10023 www.lincolnplazacinema.com.
