The Perfect Dictatorship
Television has already appointed a president... Will it do it again?
Genres
Overview
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?
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
143 min
Release Date
2014-10-16
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Vote Count
197
Vote Average
7.426
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
Noé Hernández
Jefe de seguridad
Sonia Couoh
Nana Gemelas
María Rojo
Doña Chole
Luis Fernando Peña
El Chamoy
Gustavo Sánchez Parra
El Charro
Sergio Mayer
El Presidente
Hernán Mendoza
El Mazacote
Livia Brito Pestana
Jazmín
Itatí Cantoral
Lucrecia Lascurain
Jorge Poza
Rafael Lascurain
Kiara Coussirat
Gemela Ana
Karol Coussirat
Gemala Elena
Roger Cudney
Embajador USA
Ingrid Martz
Secretaria vicepresidencia TV MX
Johanna Murillo
Secretaria dirección TV MX
Javier Escobar
El Mapache
Sophie Alexander-Katz
Reportera
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Señor Humilde
José Concepción Macías
Testigo
Claudia Pineda
Niña sin rostro
Juan Pablo Medina
Novio
Jorge Zárate
Coronel
Guillermo Larrea
Reportero del Escándalo 1
Juan Martín Jáuregui
Reportero del Escándalo 2
Luciana González de León
Reportera del Escándalo 3
Javier Zaragoza
Camarógrafo
Rubén Camelo
Ingeniero Máster
Tomás Rojas
Analista
Ari Gallegos
Colaborador del Opositor
Tony Flores
Tony Cuevas
Humberto Busto
Encargado del Hotel
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Don Alejandro
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