Mrs. President ( Rouva Presidentti ) ( Madam President )

Mrs. President (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Rouva Presidentti
Alternate Title: Madam President
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Aleksi Bardy

Written By:
Aleksi Bardy
Osku Pajamäki

Actors:
Pentti Arajärvi ..... Himself
Tarja Halonen ..... Herself
Jukka Jokinen ..... Himself
Päivi Kairamo-Hella ..... Herself
Marko Kivelä ..... Himself
Jukka Lindstedt ..... Himself
Eila Nevalainen ..... Herself
Ann-Mari Nyroos ..... Herself
Heli Sariola ..... Herself
Sanna Viitanen ..... Herself
Kaarle Vinkström ..... Himself

Synopsis:

A documentary movie about Tarja Halonen's last year of Presidency at the end of her second term, totalling 12 years (maximum duration), the first feature movie of a Finnish President's full working schedule. Previously there have been feature films about Presidential state visits only. Topics include a state visit to Russia (Medvedev, Putin), a regional visit to Forssa, a Presidential session with the Secretary of State, state visit to Namibia, an environmental summit in Capetown, opening of the Parliament, open doors at the Presidential Palace, the Book Fair, visiting a celebration of the Kallio elementary school (the school of Halonen's own childhood, not far from where she lives now) (I visited the same school for one year 15 years later when we lived two blocks from it at Neljäs Linja), embarking the Presidential boat, the summer residence in Kultaranta (Naantali), the cabinet meeting at Kultaranta, visit of Bruce Oreck the U.S. Ambassador, the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, Presidential session with the new prime minister Jyrki Katainen, the Presidential residence at Mäntyniemi, the Presidential New Year's address, packing things including 6000 books at the end of the Presidency, and turning the power to Sauli Niinistö, the new President since 2012.

Madam President is a film about a politician and a statesman whose term is coming an end. She is seen raging at her staff, when she felt they filled her and her husband's calendar too much. We see her running away from a bee when meeting the US ambassador in the Golden Beach summer residence. We see her worry over her looks as well as global sustainability. Madam President is a revealing film about the mechanisms of power, both institutional and personal. Vanity, paranoia and disappointment. Achievement, glamour and attention. Loneliness in crowds. The film is a portrait of a very strong personality, who lives a very obscure life.

A documentary following the last year of Tarja Halonen's as the president of Finland.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 06 October, 2012.