Movielogr
The Mayor (2012)
Directed by Emiliano Altuna, Diego Enrique Osorno, Carlos Rossini
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.
Length 81 minutes
Actors
Mauricio Fernández Garza | Bill Clinton | Octavio Paz | Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano | Fidel Castro | Silvia Pinal | Beatriz Paredes | Ernesto Zedillo | Vicente Fox | Marta Sahagún | Carlos Salinas de Gortari