The Perfect Dictatorship

The Perfect Dictatorship

Television has already appointed a president... Will it do it again?

2014 · 143 min · ★ 7.4 · Drama, Comedy

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?

Directed by Luis Estrada · Written by Luis Estrada

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Damián Alcázar Gobernador Carmelo Vargas
Alfonso Herrera Carlos Rojo
Joaquín Cosío Agustín Morales
Osvaldo Benavides Ricardo Díaz
Silvia Navarro Lucía Garza
Flavio Medina Salvador Garza
Saúl Lisazo Javier Pérez Harris
Tony Dalton Director TV MX
Salvador Sánchez Hombre X
Enrique Arreola Secretario de gobierno
Arath de la Torre Vocero
Dagoberto Gama Procurador

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