When a last-minute chance to host the 1986 World Cup appears, a cunning Mexican bureaucrat, armed with nothing but guts and audacity, cons his way through FIFA to beat the United States, but in a country of power games, every victory has a price.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Phototaxia Pictures, Gaumont
Keywords
- 1980s
- historical comedy
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Top Cast
Diego Luna as Martín de la Torre
Karla Souza as Susana Gómez Mont
Daniel Giménez Cacho as Emilio Azcárraga
Álvaro Guerrero as Guillermo Cañedo
Memo Villegas as Hugo Sánchez
Davor Tomić as Bora Milutinovic
Cândido Damm as Joâo Avelange
Roberto Martinez as Hermann Neuberger
Top Crew
Gabriel Ripstein · Director, Writer
Daniel Krauze · Writer
Camilo Lara · Composer
Virginie Surdej · Cinematographer
Nicolas Atlan · Producer
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