A political trap backfires into chaos—small-town corruption never looked this messy.
Two men suspect a president and put him a trap to expose him to everyone in the town. Little do they know that more truths will unravel.
Acting
Almada brothers' weathered faces doing heavy lifting.
Direction
Name's unflinching eye for institutional decay.
Director
Hernando Name
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Mexico's waning PRI era, the film channels real paranoia about untouchable political structures that would finally crack in 2000.
Fernando and Mario Almada were genuine brothers who starred in over 30 films together—this was among their last collaborations before Fernando's death in 1994.
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