El Alcalde
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.
- genus: Documentary
- Studio: bambú|audiovisual
- keyword: governor, mayor
- cast: Mauricio Fernández Garza, Bill Clinton, Octavio Paz, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano, Fidel Castro, Silvia Pinal
