Jar Full of Air

Wag the Dog

December 1997 •English

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.

Bob Roberts

September 1992 •English

Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing '60s-style acoustic folk songs with lyrics espousing far-right conservative social and economic views.

Blue State

April 2007 •English

A disgruntled Democrat follows through on a drunken campaign promise to move to Canada if George "Dubya" Bush gets re-elected.

Aliens Are to Be Blamed for Everything

August 1991 •

The election campaign in a small provincial town is in full swing. Candidates for ministry position pop up elsewhere, promising "milk and honey" to the voters. Two inseparable policemen, Boki and Pajko, are in charge of peace and order. Everything goes as usual until unexpected visitor from space shows up.

Poster Boy

May 2004 •English

The gay son of a conservative senator who is also the poster boy for his father's re-election unknowingly befriends a gay activist bent on destroying the hypocritical campaign.

Cactus Flower

December 1969 •English

A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.

Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere!

August 2009 •German

So far he has earned his living as deputy editor-in-chief at the Grevenbroicher Tagblatt, but actually Horst Schlämmer had always guessed: he was destined for something bigger - too much bigger. Without further ado, he therefore quits his old job, founds his very own party and thus starts his rush to the chancellor's office. While the election machinery is quickly started and soon picks up speed, only two questions remain unanswered: Is Horst Schlämmer ready for Germany? And is Germany ready for him?

The Matchmaker

October 1997 •English

Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.

Experience Preferred... But Not Essential

December 1982 •English

A shy, introverted young girl takes a summer job at a seaside resort in Wales, where she finds the staff, the owners and patrons unlike anyone she has ever met before.

Elections Day

October 2007 •Russian

The employees of a radio station in Moscow are forced to organize the elections campaign for a future governor in one of Russia districts.

Don Camillo's Last Round

September 1955 •Italian

Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.

Don Camillo: Monsignor

October 1961 •Italian

Don Camillo (now bishop) and Peppone (now senator) return to the town of Brescello and rekindle their friendly rivalry.

The Good Girl

August 2002 •English

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

Voyages au centre de la Terre : Dans les pas de Jules Verne

October 2023 •French

What a Girl Wants

March 2003 •English

An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.

François Hollande, le mal-aimé

September 2017 •French

The Canvasser

March 2022 •English

An earnest yet down-on-his-luck political canvasser makes a long-shot run for city council and gets in over his head.

More American Graffiti

August 1979 •English

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.

At Risk

May 2010 •English

Detective Win Garano is asked to reopen a twenty-year-old murder case, and soon finds himself endangered by the political ambitions of a district attorney.

Aprile

March 1998 •Italian

Nanni Moretti takes another look at the ebbs and flows of life in April 1996, as he becomes a father for the first time and seems unable to focus on his documentary about the upcoming national elections.