Clues for the film I'm looking for:
- • The protagonist is a US politician running for election (of US senator I believe, or else possibly US president or US congressman).
• The politician has a love relationship and for some reason (I forgot why), he has to choose between dating the woman or running for office. The relationship is based on romance/love (it's not a sex-only relationship). From what I remember, the politician is a single person, so it's not an extra-marital affair and there is no unfaithfulness involved on his part.
• As far as I remember, it's neither comedy nor science fiction, but a serious film (romance/drama).
• release date: 1990-2015, not older I think
• My faint memories suggest that the woman disappears (at least for a while) and the politician is looking for her.
• I'm a bit lost as to who the actor was, but AFAIR the character was a young and upcoming politician, so I think the actor was looking rather young. Younger than Michael Douglas for example. I was thinking someone in the mold of Josh Hartnett, Ryan Gosling or Matt Damon maybe. But I looked through their cinematography and found no matching film. Could be a totally different actor of course. (My first guess was Josh Hartnett, but one of my favourite films is Wicker Park, in which Hartnett searches for a woman, who has disappeared, so I hope this plot doesn't erroneously bleed into point 4 above.
) Any ideas ?
films that (somewhat) fit the description but are not the one I'm searching for:
• The Ides of March
• The American President (from post #2)
• Running Mates (from post #4)
• The Adjustment Bureau (from post #6)
• The Dead Zone (from post #10)
• The Candidate (from post #11)
• True Colors (from post #11)
• Bob Roberts (from post #11)
• Dave (from post #11)
• Primary Colors (from post #11)
• Bulworth (from post #11)
• Maid in Manhattan (from post #12)