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RETURN OF A PRESIDENT - AFTER THE COUP IN MADAGASCAR

EN PRÆSIDENT VENDER TILBAGE - EFTER KUPPET I MADAGASKAR

By Lotte MIK-MEYER

MAGIC HOUR FILMS APS - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2017

A military coup d’etat in Madagascar in 2009 lands the democratically elected president in exile in South Africa. With unique access to President Ravalomanana and his advisors, the film tells an unusual inside story about political intrigue and power play in the aftermath of the 2009 coup d’etat.

Festivals
& Awards

Stockholm IFF 2017
Documania
CPH:DOX 2017
F:ACT Award nominated
Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival 2017
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    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • DENMARK, MADAGASCAR, FRANCE, BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, AFRIKAANS, FRENCH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 79 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Lotte MIK-MEYER
    • Producer(s)
    • Lise LENSE-MØLLER (Magic Hour Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Brutally forced out of Madagascar by a military coup d’etat, now exiled in South Africa, Madagascar’s democratically elected and popular president, Marc Ravalomanana, gathers a team of advisors to investigate how to best solve the political crisis in his country. The exiled president is determined to peacefully win back his homeland and office from the coup leader Rajoelina, a young mayor, who suddenly is in control of the country, while much of the population is left to starve in poverty.

      However, it turns out to be a difficult task to solve the ongoing crisis and to get Madagascar back on track. The president turns to the international community to help mediate a diplomatic solution, but finds himself navigating a political minefield. There are many other interests at play than simply reinstalling democracy in his country – not least French interests, as the former colonial power seems to actively support the coup regime to protect their own economic and political interests.

      With unique access to the president, his confidential meetings with his advisors and to the international negotiations, RETURN OF A PRESIDENT tells the inside story of the five-year battle to bring Ravalomanana home and reinstall democracy in Madagascar.
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