The Mayor

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The Mayor (2012)

Directed by Emiliano Altuna, Diego Enrique Osorno, Carlos Rossini

Documentary · 1h 21m

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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Cast

M
Mauricio Fernández Garza The Mayor Bill Clinton Octavio Paz Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano Fidel Castro Silvia Pinal
B
Beatriz Paredes Ernesto Zedillo Vicente Fox
M
Marta Sahagún Carlos Salinas de Gortari

Crew

Director
Emiliano Altuna, Diego Enrique Osorno, Carlos Rossini
Director of Photography
Carlos Rossini
Original Music Composer
Daniel Hidalgo
Editor
Pedro G. García
Producer
Emiliano Altuna, Carlos Rossini

Details

Original title
El Alcalde
Release date
2012-08-18
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
ES
Spoken languages
Spanish
Countries
Mexico
Production
bambú|audiovisual, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía