CentredontheindomitablecharacterofImeldaMarcos,TheKingmakerexamines,withunprecedentedaccess,theMarcosfamily’simprobablereturntopowerinthePhilippines.ThefilmexploresthedisturbinglegacyoftheMarcosregimeandchroniclesImelda’spresent-daypushtohelpherson,Bongbong,winthevice-presidency.Tothisend,Imeldaconfidentlyrewritesherfamily’shistoryofcorruption,replacingitwithanarrativeofamatriarch’sextravagantloveforhercountry.