In August 2017, Jacinda Ardern unexpectedly became New Zealand’s opposition party leader. She had just turned 37. Two frenetic months later, she was Prime Minister. Just before the final vote was in, she discovered she was pregnant. Ardern quickly became one of the most recognizable leaders in the world. Going behind the scenes of her administration and her private life, PRIME MINISTER follows Jacinda for seven years as she is catapulted to the top of New Zealand politics.
World leaders have rarely been captured with as much intimacy. -Variety
The movie does a good job both holding our interest and crafting a three-dimensional profile of its subject. Ardern is here presented without vanity, able to look back and ponder her own timeline and draw lessons from it. -Film Festival Today
Offering an eye-opening insider perspective that comes as a reminder of what conviction politics looks like when it is maintained even under extreme pressure… Prime Minister holds appeal for audiences well beyond New Zealand’s shores. -Screen International
Directors Michelle Walshe & Lindsay Utz’s film “Prime Minister” takes a fairly straightforward approach with a gentle touch. -Rogerebert.com
NR, 100min
