The Mayor (2012)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 1H 21M
Director : Emiliano Altuna, Diego Enrique Osorno, Carlos Rossini
Sinopse
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.
The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal Blake as campaign manager; but first they have to get him out of jail for not paying alimony. Blake organizes the office and coaches Hicks to answer every question by pausing and then saying, "Well yes, but then again no." Blake will sell Hicks as dumb but honest. Russell refuses to marry Blake, while Joe keeps people away from Blake's office. Blake teaches Hicks a speech by Lincoln. At the debate when the conservative candidate Underwood recites the same speech, Blake exposes him as a plagiarist. Hicks is presented for photo opportunities and gives his yes-and-no answer to any question, including whether he expects to win.
A famous gunman decides to change his life around and turn himself in when amnesty is declared by the new governor of the New Mexico Territory, but a vindictive sheriff sets out to stop him from reaching the Territory.
No final dos anos 1960, em um bar de Detroit, um artista é descoberto. Esquecido em seu país, ele se tornou uma lenda para o resto do mundo. Dois fãs sul-africanos exploram a extraordinária história do cantor Sixto Díaz Rodríguez.
Para Sarah Wilder(Alanna Ubach), fazer um filme em Hollywood parecia fácil. Com a ajuda de seu tio e roteirista(Michael Lerner), essa sexy aspirante a diretora de filmes embarca em uma jornada selvagem pelo mundo do cinema, encontrando pela frente: executivos malucos, produtores insanos, além de gângsters quem concordarão em financiar seu filme... Mas tudo tem um preço. Em um esforço para encontrar a verdade sobre filmes, sexo e vida, Sarah se depara com um grande elenco de trapalhões(Mike Myers, Janeane Garofalo,Richard Kind, Kristen Johnston, Fred Willard, Ben Stiller, Robert Englund, Virginia Madsen e Wayne Rogers) e para sua surpresa descobre que...NINGUÉM SABE TUDO
Na França do século 19, o ex-prisioneiro Jean Valjean, perseguido ao longo de décadas pelo impiedoso policial Javert por ter violado sua liberdade condicional, busca redenção pelo seu passado e decide acolher a filha da prostituta Fantine.
A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride.
Two twins, separated at birth, meet again by chance many years later. One is a progressive but insensitive mayor of a small town, the other a clown at a circus.
A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.
A village mayor is trying to bring together local people in their thirties who are still single. 21st century social engineering in a situation documentary by Erika Hníková. Slowly but surely, the Slovak village of Zemplínske Hámre is dying out. But its mayor, a retired general, refuses to give up. In fighting the thirty-year-olds‘ solitude he has used a variety of weapons such as offering a financial incentives for every newborn child or encouraging childbearing via the local PA system. None of it has worked. However, the mayor has a new plan. He decides to organize an evening get-together for singles from all the neighboring villages. Will our heroes find their partners after all?
A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel Mann's 1961 political drama stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfred Hyde-White, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Connie Sawyer, William Walker, Ray Teal, Larry Gates and Kathryn Card.
The daughter of a British prison governor returns from an American finishing school, and chases after the inmates of her Dad's prison.
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the current corrupt mayor. By using several illegal tactics, and aided by voter apathy, the crime boss nearly continues his control of the city.
An outcast gambler hijacks a wagon train of eligible women taken west by a mayor.
A judge, a district attorney and a U. S. senator--each hoping to be elected the next governor--attempt to manipulate a murder trial to advance their own political ambitions. Director Vincent Sherman's 1961 drama stars Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Don Ameche, Jack Kelly, Angie Dickinson, Herbert Marshall, Jesse White, Parley Baer, Carroll O'Connor, Ray Danton, Andra Martin, Rhodes Reason and Louise Lorimer.
G-men grab a gangster and a governor thanks to a clerk in the fingerprints division.
"Engwkentro" follows two teenage brothers attempting to escape an unnamed city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor. They must first break away from the cycle of crime, while trying to run from rival gang leaders and the state's murderous vigilantes.
Johanka and Matyáš have an unusual home. The two live among the animals and plants of an enchanted botanical garden in the middle of the city, but this idyll is under threat. To the children’s horror, the mayor wants to build a theme park on the same spot. The Blue Tiger, an animal with magic powers, comes to their aid. Only he can protect the garden, but Johanka and Matyáš must now stop the mayor from capturing their newfound friend. MODRY TYGR is a colourful, atmospheric and imaginatively told animated fairytale that inspires the viewer to reflect on natural resources and habitats.
A couple of rival farmers discover the plan to build a nuclear power plant on their lands, and decide to ally to avoid it.
Faz 4 anos desde que o traiçoeiro tubarão branco aterrorizou a tranquila praia de Amity; agora o chefe de polícia Brody encontra-se numa corrida contra o tempo quando um novo e grande tubarão branco ataca veleiros pilotados por adolescentes, incluindo seus dois filhos!
Curiosa trama de suspense que envolve muito mais coisas do que é sugerido. Uma pequena cidade norte-americana parece ser perfeita. Sua população está sempre feliz e os problemas nunca aparecem. Em Rockwell Falls, a vida encontrou o paraíso na Terra. Porém, quando um investigador federal é enviado ao lugar, ele descobre que o número da população não teve nenhuma alteração nos últimos cem anos, e aos poucos vai descobrindo os terríveis segredos que estão por traz dessa estagnação e da aparente perfeição da cidade. Quando menos espera, ele é envolvido em uma perigosa trama doentia em uma rede de fanatismo religioso e tradição puritana. Agora, preso nesse pesadelo, ele precisa encontrar uma forma de sair do local com vida.
