The President

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The President is the story of a dictator of an imaginary country in the Caucasus, who is forced to escape following a coup détat, and begins a journey to discover his country in the company of his five-year-old grandson. The two travel across the lands that the President once governed. Now, disguised as a street musician to avoid being recognized, the former dictator comes into contact with his people, which he comes to know from a different point of view.

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