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2014

The Perfect Dictatorship

Directed by Luis Estrada
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?

Duration

2h 23m

Released

October 16, 2014

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7.4

Rating194

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Cast44

  • Damián Alcázar
  • Alfonso Herrera
  • Joaquín Cosío
  • Osvaldo Benavides
  • Silvia Navarro
  • Flavio Medina
  • Saúl Lisazo
  • Tony Dalton
  • Salvador Sánchez

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