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RETURN OF A PRESIDENT (F/F) (2017) 

RETURN OF A PRESIDENT (F/F)

(2017)

Runtime

1 hour 18 minutes

Guidance Rating

TBA

Release Date (South Africa)

2017-01-06

documentary

Synopsis

In 2009 Madagascar’s democratically-elected president, the popular businessman Marc Ravalomanana, was ousted from power following a bloody military coup. In a fascinating geopolitical drama, Danish filmmaker Mik-Meyer closely follows Ravalomanana as he attempts to return from exile in South Africa to Madagascar, under the threat of arrest and bodily harm. With fly-on-the-wall access to Ravalomanana’s legal, business and PR teams – and investigative interviews with the president and his family – Mik-Meyer conducts an intriguing study of the politics of a country on the imaginary and physical peripheries of Africa, of the insidious nature of French neo-colonial interests, and of the self-sacrifice that true leadership requires.

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RETURN OF A PRESIDENT (F/F)