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The Perfect Dictatorship
The Perfect Dictatorship

The Perfect Dictatorship

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

Genres

DramaComedy

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

143 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

16 October 2014

Country

Mexico

Cast

Damián Alcázar

Damián Alcázar

Gobernador Carmelo Vargas

Alfonso Herrera

Alfonso Herrera

Carlos Rojo

Joaquín Cosío

Joaquín Cosío

Agustín Morales

Osvaldo Benavides

Osvaldo Benavides

Ricardo Díaz

Silvia Navarro

Silvia Navarro

Lucía Garza

Flavio Medina

Flavio Medina

Salvador Garza

Saúl Lisazo

Saúl Lisazo

Javier Pérez Harris

Tony Dalton

Tony Dalton

Director TV MX

Salvador Sánchez

Salvador Sánchez

Hombre X

Enrique Arreola

Enrique Arreola

Secretario de gobierno

Arath de la Torre

Arath de la Torre

Vocero

Dagoberto Gama

Dagoberto Gama

Procurador

Noé Hernández

Noé Hernández

Jefe de seguridad

Sonia Couoh

Sonia Couoh

Nana Gemelas

María Rojo

María Rojo

Doña Chole

Luis Fernando Peña

Luis Fernando Peña

El Chamoy

Gustavo Sánchez Parra

Gustavo Sánchez Parra

El Charro

Sergio Mayer

Sergio Mayer

El Presidente

Hernán Mendoza

Hernán Mendoza

El Mazacote

Livia Brito Pestana

Livia Brito Pestana

Jazmín

Itatí Cantoral

Itatí Cantoral

Lucrecia Lascurain

Jorge Poza

Jorge Poza

Rafael Lascurain

Kiara Coussirat

Kiara Coussirat

Gemela Ana

Karol Coussirat

Karol Coussirat

Gemala Elena

Roger Cudney

Roger Cudney

Embajador USA

Ingrid Martz

Ingrid Martz

Secretaria vicepresidencia TV MX

Johanna Murillo

Johanna Murillo

Secretaria dirección TV MX

Javier Escobar

Javier Escobar

El Mapache

Sophie Alexander-Katz

Sophie Alexander-Katz

Reportera

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Señor Humilde

José Concepción Macías

José Concepción Macías

Testigo

Claudia Pineda

Claudia Pineda

Niña sin rostro

Juan Pablo Medina

Juan Pablo Medina

Novio

Jorge Zárate

Jorge Zárate

Coronel

Guillermo Larrea

Guillermo Larrea

Reportero del Escándalo 1

Juan Martín Jáuregui

Juan Martín Jáuregui

Reportero del Escándalo 2

Luciana González de León

Luciana González de León

Reportera del Escándalo 3

Javier Zaragoza

Javier Zaragoza

Camarógrafo

Rubén Camelo

Rubén Camelo

Ingeniero Máster

Tomás Rojas

Tomás Rojas

Analista

Ari Gallegos

Ari Gallegos

Colaborador del Opositor

Tony Flores

Tony Flores

Tony Cuevas

Humberto Busto

Humberto Busto

Encargado del Hotel

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Don Alejandro

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