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The Perfect Dictatorship
“Television has already appointed a president... Will it do it again?”
7.4 / 10• 2014• 2h 23m•NR• Spanish
DramaComedy
Storyline
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?
Cast & Crew
Damián Alcázar
Gobernador Carmelo Vargas
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Luis Estrada's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Perfect Dictatorship is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
