Welcome Mr. President!

2013 · 98 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 3,761 VOTES · DIR. Riccardo Milani

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Overview

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...

Dialogue Timeline — 1,260 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:00 There's a country in the world that is hard to place.
00:03:50 It'll snow soon and you're still opposing.
00:07:06 We have to send a message to the north and warn the east.
00:10:08 I've already renounced, too much responsibility, paperwork...
00:13:51 I'd rather go with the bodyguards, if you don't mind.
00:17:42 It's like a cow bell ! No offence meant...
00:21:25 You're a great fisherman, you'll be a great President.
00:25:24 You're being bugged, how cool !
00:28:34 There's a recession, people are struggling.
00:32:18 broth
00:35:21 I've got loads of rooms, I'm taking him home.
00:40:12 I'll start with an interesting one: "End food wastage".
00:43:55 but the city is full of bugs.
00:47:40 No, you want the money, this is business, not sex. It's sad.
00:51:10 What ? Peppino's grandpa died from emphysema.
00:54:52 - No, Mr President ! - What is it ?
00:58:12 "I want a life full of rules, if not here, then elsewhere."
01:02:17 Is it carnival time ?
01:08:04 - But let's not rush things. - No.
01:11:39 He made us set up a company, as a formality, he said.
01:18:07 Yes, Riccardino ? What ?
01:22:08 I know everything about everyone.
01:26:18 Of course
01:29:48 But then you don't pay taxes, you double park

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,260
Dialogue density12.9 lines / min
First line00:01:00
Final line01:29:48

Production Record

DirectorRiccardo Milani
LanguageItalian
Revenue$9,500,000
IMDb votes3,761