Letters To The President

Letters To The President

2009 en 74 minutes

Rating: 7

Plot

Iran, 2008. As President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's motorcade creeps through the teeming streets of Qom Shrine, thousands of people jam hand-written letters into the hands of his handlers. Hearing their President deliver a speech is a thrill, but more promising to these men and women is the hope that their letters - expressing pleas for loans, medical attention, housing and jobs - will be answered. Since his 2005 election on a populist, "man of the people" platform, Ahmadinejad has encouraged Iranians to send him such letters; according to a staff member, he has received about 10 million of them, and has been able to respond to nearly 76 percent. In one letter, a 16-year-old boy says his family has no money and goes to bed hungry every night. According to the staff member, the boy will be helped. As other letters are read, the worker says that "In Islam, charity is a necessity."

Trailer

Trailer's not available.

Cast

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Himself

Similar Movies

Alone In Movie Theater

Alone In Movie Theater

ar

July 27, 2023

If I Had Four Dromedaries

If I Had Four Dromedaries

fr

November 1, 1966

Legends of the Knight

Legends of the Knight

en

December 31, 2013

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

en

April 4, 2014

What Difference Does It Make?

What Difference Does It Make?

en

February 17, 2014

Nana

Nana

es

May 5, 2016

The New Man

The New Man

en

November 18, 2016

F1 How It Was

F1 How It Was

en

October 31, 2016

Fanalysis

Fanalysis

en

March 5, 2002

Nasrin

Nasrin

fa

August 18, 2023

To Be Far

To Be Far

en

October 10, 2018

I Am or How Jack Became Black

I Am or How Jack Became Black

en

February 21, 2017