
Original title
El Alcalde
Released
8/18/2012
Origin country
MX
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, bambú|audiovisual
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
1hr 21min
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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