The Perfect Dictatorship

Oct 16, 2014

2h 23m

★ 7.4

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

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?

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Bandidos Films

The Perfect Dictatorship Trailers

Cast

Gobernador Carmelo Vargas

Damián Alcázar

Carlos Rojo

Alfonso Herrera

Agustín Morales

Joaquín Cosío

Ricardo Díaz

Osvaldo Benavides

Lucía Garza

Silvia Navarro

Salvador Garza

Flavio Medina

Javier Pérez Harris

Saúl Lisazo

Director TV MX

Tony Dalton

Hombre X

Salvador Sánchez

Secretario de gobierno

Enrique Arreola

Vocero

Arath de la Torre

Procurador

Dagoberto Gama

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