In 2012 my dad, nicknamed King Knut died in Thailand and I ended up in a thai trial. In connection with this, a sophisticated Canadian man appeared and informed that he was my father's lawyer. I soon discovered that the attorney was convicted of killing his mother in his youth and started his career in prison. While I was commuting between East and West to figure out how my dad had affected my relationships in general and to men in particular, I fell in love with Kent. Kent was simultaneously affected by prostate cancer, which caused him to question both sexuality and identity. Call me the PRESIDENT is a confused movie about the pursuit of meaning in life, a story of 3 men chasing extreme experiences and one last attempt to find dad's worst sides within myself.
Director Biography - Petra Revenue
Presentation by Women in nordic film: http://www.nordicwomeninfilm.com/person/petra-revenue/
Petra Revenue, Sweden. Born in 1965. Dramatist, director and writer for theatre, film, radio and Tv.Homepage: http://www.petrarevenue.n.nu/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1371836/Petra is also headteacher at https://www.almamanusutbildning.com/ A school for profesional screenwriters.
Since 1990 she has been one of the artistic directors at Theater Trixter in her hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden. Before becoming a writer, Revenue studied social anthropology and is interested in what ties people together across language and cultural borders. Since her theatrical debut, Petra Revenue has written some twenty plays, several of which have received critical acclaim. These include The Least You Can Ask For (bilingual, Farsi/Swedish), The Dancer’s Woman (multicultural ensemble) and Valkyria (radio play that premiered on Swedish National Radio).Revenue began to write for film and television with the TV drama The Big Theater for Swedish National Television (SVT). Since then she has written a wild mix, from screenplays for Henning Mankell’s Wallander to her own debut feature film Almost Elvis, where for the first time she combined her two genres film and theatre. Almost Elvis was selected for competition at the Sao Paulo Film Festival and the Mexico International Film Festival. In 2006 Revenue’s first book was published, a collection of short stories nominated for Swedish National Radio’s Short Story Award, an award that she won in 2009 with “The Best View” (originally published in an anthology for the humanitarian fundraising drive, Children of the World). She has continued to write in all genres.
Director Statement
For six years, I commuted between Thailand and Sweden and tried to sort out my feelings for my father and understand my attraction to men similar to him. I wrote a journalistic book by the name of Dear Mr S, and filmed when there was an opportunity.It was initially a private project but after showing it to colleagues and closed views in work-in-progress form I decided to complete the movie. I usually work with larger projects and my colleagues have been a great support. It was a conscious choice to let this project take time, and to make it entirely on its own terms. It should be shown in an intimate setting.
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