Welcome Mr. President! (2013)
Benvenuto Presidente!
98 min
In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name, Giuseppe Garibaldi (one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"), but everybody call him with the nickname Peppino. Love fishing, the company of friends, the library where he works as a precarious employee. He is an optimistic person even if his child accuse him of being a wannabe. One day, due to a mess of politicians, an amazing thing happens: Peppino is mistakenly elected President of the Italian Republic. Pulled out from his quiet life, is to play a role for which he knows he is obviously inappropriate, but his common sense and his instinctive gestures are incredibly effective, except for the etiquette, for which he is in trouble. The inflexible and fascinating Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Janis Clementi, is anxious to no avail in an attempt to regulate the unpredictable actions of the President...
- Release date
- March 21, 2013
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Box office
- $9,500,000
Where to watch
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Cast
- Claudio Bisio as Peppino
- Kasia Smutniak as Janis
- Giuseppe Fiorello as Politico con pizzetto
- Remo Girone as Morelli
- Massimo Popolizio as Politico ruspante
- Cesare Bocci as Politico bello
- Omero Antonutti as Segretario generale
- Michele Alhaique as Piero
- Franco Ravera as Luciano
- Gianni Cavina as Mr. Fausto
- Patrizio Rispo as Generale Cavallo
- Pietro Sarubbi as Brazilian President
- Piera Degli Esposti as Janis' Mother
- Gigio Morra as Drunk
- Lina Wertmüller as Potere Forte
- Pupi Avati as Potere Forte
- Armando De Razza
Crew
- Riccardo Milani · Director
- Fabio Bonifacci · Writer
- Nicola Giuliano · Writer
- Francesca Cima · Producer
- Nicola Giuliano · Producer
- Andrea Guerra · Composer
- Saverio Guarna · Cinematographer
- Giogiò Franchini · Editor
- Paola Comencini · Production designer