Last week exiled iranian director mohsen makhmalbaf visited jerusalem film festival as the honorary guest. This weeks new york opening of mohsen makhmalbafs the president corinth films premieres one of best iranian movies yet seen. Directed by irans mohsen makhmalbaf, the 52minute ongoing smile will be screened at the festival in october, the iranian director told the hollywood reporter in london, where he is now based. If i ever return to power, ill pay you a thousandfold, he pleads. The president mohsen makhmalbaf offers a didactic morality tale about a fallen autocrat and his innocent grandson fleeing murderous revolutionaries bent on vengeance.
The president directed by acclaimed international filmmaker mohsen makhmalbaf tells a timeless story of a dictator forced to come face to face with the countless people brutalized by his regime. Misha gorniashvili, dachi orvelashvili, guja burduli, ia sukhitashvili, zura begalishvili. Winner of the gold hugo for best film screens at ciff. Thus the makhmalbaf film house was formed, with mohsen s wife, marziyeh meshkini, and young daughters samira and hana as its first. To be sure, makhmalbaf s life has not been ordinary even for an artist. Its story of a despot mikheil gomiashvili caught in the midst of a revolution, who escapes his countrys futuristically designed capital. Mohsen makhmalbaf mohsen makhmalbaf is known as one of the most influential filmmakers and founders of the new wave of iranian cinema in the world today. Many of his films like salam cinema, a moment of innocence, gabbeh, kandahar and the president have been widely well received across the globe and have brought him over 50 international awards from the prestigious. Iranian directorinexile mohsen makhmalbaf has the president screening in the gala presentation section of this years biff, while hassan solhjous documentary daddys school, about him and. Mohsen makhmalbaf is known as one of the most influential filmmakers and founders of the new wave of iranian cinema in the world today. He has made more than 20 feature films, won some 50 awards and been a juror in more than 15 major film festivals.
T his weeks new york opening of mohsen makhmalbaf s the president corinth films premieres one of. The president had its world premier at venice film festival in 2014, opening the festival together with birdman. Books by mohsen makhmalbaf mohsen makhmalbaf average rating 3. Few movies are more eventful and exciting than the career and life of iranian mohsen makhmalbaf born in 1957. Mohsen makhmalbaf is a filmmaker, novelist, screenwriter, editor, producer and human rights activist. The president 2014 imdbmohsen makhmalbaf, the president 2014 7.
The man who came with the snow mohsen makhmalbaf, marzieh makhmalbaf, 2009. The president and his family rule the land with a draconian fist, enjoying a privileged and luxurious existence at the expense of his miserable and oppressed subjects. The dictator of an unnamed country misha gomiashvili goes on the run with his fiveyearold grandson dachi orvelashvili after a revolution topples his regime. The silence mohsen makhmalbaf 1998 writerdirector mohsen makhmalbaf s shifting artistic intentions have always attracted scrutiny. Even with a new president, it seems unlikely that mr. But filmmaker mohsen makhmalbaf wont stop asking tough questions. Its a pressing question for mohsen makhmalbaf, who now lives in london, having left iran in 2005 after the election of mahmoud ahmadinejad. During their journey to safety, the pair disguise themselves as street musicians and fall in with a group of political prisoners. As the president, his new satire about a toppled dictator living in disguise. Irans mohsen makhmalbaf readies doc on busan festival.
The beginning of mohsen makhmalbaf s the president teases that kind of mockery, opening with the title ruler showing his young grandson the extreme power he wields over his nation. He is currently the president of the asian film academy. Winning over 50 awards at festivals world wide his films include. He has made more than 20 feature films, won some 50 awards and been a juror.
The president by mohsen makhmalbaf trailer youtube. Iranian writerdirector mohsen makhmalbaf plays with these issues extensively in his highly praised a moment of innocence nun va goldoon, meaning bread and the flower vase, 1996, which concerns a real event from makhmalbaf s own life 1. The former teenage islamist militant began making films in his twenties, shortly after his release. The president is a striking movie and a bold and challenging change of directorial pace from mohsen makhmalbaf. Its story of a despot mikheil gomiashvili caught in the midst of a revolution, who escapes his countrys futuristically designed capital city to traverse. Intense, unique, allegorical, and the actors are outstanding. Now, disguised as a street musician to avoid being recognized, the former dictator comes into. During his career makhmalbaf has made numerous criticallyacclaimed films including salam cinema, a moment of innocence, gabbeh, kandahar and the president. The president the 2016 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. The president tells the story of a dictator who comes face to face with the people he previously.
The president tells the story of a dictator who comes face to face with the people he previously subjugated. The president by mohsen makhmalbaf mikheil gomiashvili. The president directed by acclaimed international filmmaker mohsen makhmalbaf tells a timeless story of a dictator forced to come face to. One of the most popular and influential iranian filmmakers of his era, mohsen makhmalbaf was born in teheran on may 29, 1957.
Director mohsen makhmalbaf is at his finest and weaves a story of regret over the abuse of power in masterful yet subtle strokes. The gardener, mohsen makhmalbafs inquiry into religion. Set in an unnamed fictional nation state and filmed in the country of georgia, the movie chronicles the attempted flight of a deposed tyrant misha gomiashvili and his 5yearold heir and grandson dachi orvelashvili from. Although iranian filmmaker mohsen makhmalbaf says the president was inspired by the turbulent events of the arab spring, theres also a timeless quality to. Want to watch the president on your tv or mobile device at home. Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the mohsen makhmalbaf directed movie via. Huang jianxin, mohsen makhmalbaf, ho yim, tsai mingliang, 2015. This article was amended on thursday 28 august 2014 to correct the spelling of. The president is available to watch free on tubi tv and stream, download, buy on demand at. In mohsen makhmalbaf s political drama the president, the brutal dictator of an unnamed country the movie was shot mainly in the republic of georgia is.
This film was one of two that opened the 2014 venice film festival. Mohsen makhmalbaf is an iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. In the president, iranian expatriate filmmaker mohsen makhmalbaf struggles to create a vital fable out of a contemporary political nightmare. Mohsen makhmalbaf honarpisheh aka the actor 1993 january 5, 2019. A brutal dictator comes face to face with the injustices committed by his regime when his country is taken over by revolutionists. Twice the president is forced to beg for money, first from a poor barber, then a prostitute he once knew. Many of his films like salam cinema, a moment of innocence, gabbeh, kandahar and the president. Watch the president 2014, mohsen makhmalbaf online. This weeks new york opening of mohsen makhmalbaf s the president corinth films premieres one of best iranian movies yet seen. The president is a modern fable about power, reconciliation, and the hope for breaking a neverending circle of violence, exploring the possibility of stopping violence after a revolution in search of freedom and democracy. The two travel across the lands that the president once governed. The president 2014 stream and watch online moviefone. With mikheil gomiashvili, dachi orvelashvili, ia sukhitashvili, guja burduli. Mohsen makhmalbaf talks the president features screen.
The president 2014, directed by mohsen makhmalbaf film. An interview with mohsen makhmalbaf, an indepth conversation between the iranian auteur and film critic jonathan romney, newly produced for this edition mohsen with closed eyes, an imaginatively filmed archival interview with makhmalbaf on the silence. Mohsen makhmalbaf s marghe and her mother at busan and vancouver film festival 2019 mohsen makhmalbaf latest film marghe and her mother with its world premiere at the icon news. Perhaps even mohsen makhmalbaf s most devoted admirers werent expecting his latest film opening the festivals orrizonti. He also screened his last movie, the gardener, a story about a man who tends to the bahai. In the late 1990s, at the height of his international popularity for films like a moment of innocence and gabbeh, the iranian director mohsen makhmalbaf announced that he would cut back on creating films, and instead help create filmmakers.
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