The Perfect Dictatorship
La dictadura perfecta
2014, Film, 143 min, Comedy, Drama, Spanish, Mexico, MoviePedia score 70
Television has already appointed a president... Will it do it again?
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?
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Directed by Luis Estrada
Cast
- Damián Alcázar as Gobernador Carmelo Vargas
- Alfonso Herrera as Productor
- Joaquín Cosio as Líder de la oposición
- Osvaldo Benavides as Reportero
- Silvia Navarro as Mamá
- Flavio Medina as Papá
- Saúl Lisazo as Conductor
- Tony Dalton as Director TV. MX.
- Salvador Sánchez as Hombre X
- Enrique Arreola as Secretario de Gobierno
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