Welcome Back Mr. President
An unlikely Italian president is pulled back into public life for a broad, irreverent send-up of electoral politics and institutional absurdity.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- witty
- absurd
- casual comedy night
- political satire double feature
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The plot directly parodies recent Italian elections and the politicians involved.
Peppino Garibaldi returns as the central presidential figure in a comic continuation of the original premise.
The desperate economic crisis is paradoxically addressed through the arrest of four people blamed for the world's problems.
The film follows the earlier Welcome Mr. President! while redirecting its premise toward recent Italian electoral events.
Films like Welcome Back Mr. President, and why
Welcome Mr. President!
political farce centered on an unlikely national leader and comic institutional dysfunction
The Mafia Kills Only in Summer
italian political comedy using broad satire to examine corruption and public frustration
The Dictator
ensemble political satire that turns contemporary government and public life into absurdist comedy
Movie Details
- Directors
- Giancarlo Fontana, Giuseppe G. Stasi
- Release Date
- 2019-03-28
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (266)
Cast
- Claudio Bisio
- Sarah Felberbaum
- Pietro Sermonti
- Paolo Calabresi
- Guglielmo Poggi
- Ivano Marescotti
- Antonio Petrocelli
- Roberta Volponi
- Antonio Milo
- Massimo Popolizio
Common questions
- What is Welcome Back Mr. President about?
- An unlikely Italian president is pulled back into public life for a broad, irreverent send-up of electoral politics and institutional absurdity.
- What is Welcome Back Mr. President like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Welcome Back Mr. President as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Welcome Back Mr. President violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Welcome Back Mr. President as mild.
- Which films are like Welcome Back Mr. President?
- Films with a similar feel include Welcome Mr. President!, The Mafia Kills Only in Summer, and The Dictator.
- How long is Welcome Back Mr. President?
- Welcome Back Mr. President runs 96 minutes.
