Welcome Mr. President!

Welcome Mr. President!

98 mins | Comedy | March 21, 2013

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...

Welcome Mr. President!

98 mins | Comedy | March 21, 2013

Welcome Mr. President!
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...
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Indigo Film, Rai Cinema
Original title Benvenuto Presidente!
Directors Stefano Pastore, Armando De Vincentis, Elide Albertinotti, Francesca Gasperini, Martina Monicelli, Francesco Capone, Elide Cortesi, Riccardo Milani
Writers Christian Poli, Fabio Bonifacci

Cast

Claudio Bisio

as Peppino

Kasia Smutniak

as Janis

Giuseppe Fiorello

as Politician With Goatee

Remo Girone

as Morelli

Massimo Popolizio

as Simple Politician

Cesare Bocci

as Handsome Politician

Omero Antonutti

as General Secretary

Michele Alhaique

as Piero

Franco Ravera

as Luciano

Gianni Cavina

as Mr. Fausto

Patrizio Rispo

as General Cavallo

Pietro Sarubbi

as Brazilian President

Piera Degli Esposti

as Janis' Mother

Gigio Morra

as Drunk

Federico Galante

as Center-Right Leader's Assistant

Lina Wertmüller

as Potere Forte

Pupi Avati

as Potere Forte

Gianni Rondolino

as Potere Forte

Helga Cossu

as Helga Cossu

Roberto Tallei

as Roberto Tallei