The President (2014)
9/10
Satire or Reality?
21 November 2022
The President is an intriguing film that portrays humanity through the dictator's interactions with his people, and you never know which path the director would take to end the movie. Although it is set in a fictional world, the characters and the environment are well developed enough that you can picture all the plot happening in reality.

The director knows how to use satire properly to add a sense of humor while maintaining the sullen tone of the film. Its attempt to tell a story from the dictator's perspective instead of the citizen's perspective makes it stand out from the rest of the dictator-themed films. The fact that the film did not try to make the dictator look good or made up reasons to whitewash his brutality made the film even more brilliant.

The cinematography is well done in portraying the riot without orders and how people could become ridiculous and have extreme anger.

The opening end is like a fishing touch that makes the film meaningful and leaves a blank for us, the audience, to interpret in our way.
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