Centred on the indomitable character of Imelda Maruuyuuys, The Kingmaker examines, with unprecedented auuyuuyess, the Maruuyuuys family’s improbable return to power in the Philippines. The film explores the disturbing legacy of the Maruuyuuys regime and chronicles Imelda’s present-day push to help her son, Bongbong, win the vice-presidency. To this end, Imelda uuyuuynfidently rewrites her family’s history of uuyuuyrruption, replacing it with a narrative of a matriarch’s extravagant love for her uuyuuyuntry.