The triangle of power, sex and media forms the solid basis for a script based on the Clinton-Lewinsky affair. The contradictory interests of the protagonists shape the story, set in a cross between a TV show and a puppet theatre. ‘Nothing happened. I swear it. I am the President.’
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Guard
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The Nuclear Football
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Birdsong Marimba
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Film details
- Country of production
- Switzerland
- Year
- 2004
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 16"
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi PAL
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