A new collaboration between director Paolo Sorrentino and actor Toni Servillo, who won the Best Actor award at the Venice festival.
Mariano de Santis is the president of Italy. He is a widower and Catholic. He has a daughter, Dorothea, who is a lawyer, just like him. When his term is coming to an end and he is already thinking about life after retirement, he gets two important matters on the table. Both problems put his sense of morality to the test, but at the same time he has to rethink his personal life. With all the doubts that pervade him, de Santis will have to make a decision. This, however, with a deep sense of responsibility, is exactly what this outstanding Italian president will do.
Novo sodelovanje med režiserjem Paolom Sorrentinom in igralcem Tonijem Servillom, ki je na festivalu v Benetkah prejel nagrado za najboljšega igralca.
Mariano de Santis je predsednik Italije. Je vdovec in katolik. Ima hčerko Doroteo, ki je pravnica, tako kot on. Ko se njegov mandat približuje koncu in že razmišlja o življenju po upokojitvi, na mizo dobi dve pomembni zadevi. Oba problema postavita na preizkušnjo njegov čut za moralo, hkrati pa mora na novo premisliti svoje osebno življenje. Ob vseh dvomih, ki ga prevevajo, bo de Santis moral sprejeti odločitev. To pa je ob globokem smislu za odgovornost točno tisto, kar bo ta izjemni italijanski predsednik storil.