2021 · comedy · political
Presidents
Directed by Anne Fontaine1h 48m2021
A former french President, Nicolas, decides to persuade another one, François, to campaign together in order to return to the front stage of politics.
Our read: Presidents (2021) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · political entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / political, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- warm
- gentle
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