A Nobel laureate runs for president while her staff implode in real-time. Politics is brutal, darling.
The action takes place during the first presidential debate. A Nobel Prize winner fights for the future of her country as a presidential candidate. At the same time, her brave and naive aides are fighting for her own future.
Acting
Masha Mashkova's controlled ferocity anchors every scene.
Direction
Geffele makes 118 minutes feel like live combat.
Editing
Relentless cross-cutting between public face and private collapse.
Director
Nikolai Geffele
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film premiered at Karlovy Vary during a wave of Eastern European political cinema examining female leadership under impossible conditions.
Geffele shot the debate sequences in actual abandoned government buildings, lending the claustrophobia documentary-level authenticity.
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