The Candidate (2018)
3.7 of 5 from 48 ratings
2h 12min
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- Synopsis:
2007. Manuel López-Vidal (Antonio de la Torre) is a veteran Spanish politician and the right-hand of Frías, autonomous community's president (working as member of Spain's governing party), who he has an upper high-class lifestyle with his wife Inés (Mónica López) and his teen daughter Nati (María de Nati). But behind of his long carrier and the respect of his party's partners and friends as Cabrera (Luis Zahera), Bermejo (Andrés Lima), Gallardo (David Lorente) and Fernando (Paco Revilla), truth is totally different: Manuel is a crooked and corrupt man who since many years ago uses his politic position together his friends deviating foreign aids and getting money by means of any illegal way. When Gallardo is arrested accused of fraud and politic corruption, Manuel warms all his friends about to keep silence hoping that the police forgets the case by not founding new evidences. But when it's revealed in the newspapers that himself has been recorded in personal conversations talking about it, the fictional world of respect and honor created by Manuel falls down. With the elections closing the next... - Actors:
- Antonio de la Torre, Mónica López, Josep Maria Pou, Bárbara Lennie, Nacho Fresneda, Ana Wagener, Luis Zahera, Francisco Reyes, María de Nati, David Lorente, Paco Revilla, Sonia Almarcha, Andrés Lima, Óscar de la Fuente, Laia Manzanares, Malva Vela, Jorge Suquet, Pepe Lorente, Xabier Murua, Manuel Chacón
- Directors:
- Rodrigo Sorogoyen
- Writers:
- Isabel Peña, Rodrigo Sorogoyen
- Aka:
- El Reino / The Realm
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Spain
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