Roberto Santucci
Director
The Honest Candidate (2014)
João Ernesto Ribamar is a corrupt politician running for the presidency. He is in the runoff election, ahead on the polls, when he receives a "mandinga" (curse) from his grandmother, which makes him unable to lie. Now the problem begins: How to win an election by telling only the truth?
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: mdblist.belongs-to-collection, imdb.lie, imdb.brasilia, imdb.brazilian-politics, imdb.brazilian-political-satire, mdblist.first-in-collection, imdb.satire + 4 more, imdb.male-protagonist, imdb.political-satire, imdb.honest, imdb.honesty
Production Companies: Camisa Listrada, Paramount Pictures (Brasil), Telecine, Paris Filmes, Rio FilmePanorama Filmes do Brasil
Country: Brazil
Production Country:
Brazil
Languages:
Portuguese
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Runtime: 110 min.
Released: Sept. 5, 2014
Status: Released
Certification: 12 / 13+