Release Date
2012-08-18
Status
Released
Original Title
El Alcalde
Runtime
1h 21m
Original Language
ES
Production Countries
Mexico
Production Companies
bambú|audiovisual, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
Overview
The film tells the story of Mauricio Fernandez, mayor of the wealthiest municipality in Latin America, located in the North of Mexico. He presents himself as a polemical figure who takes justice into his own hands in order to "clean" his municipality of the drug cartels' presence. Mauricio is a key character to better understand the present situation in Mexico and through the unusual views of this politician, the audience will be a privileged witnesses of an scenario where political tasks and excessive violence mingle with one another.
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