Las delicias del poder (1999)

Directed by

Iván Lipkies

Genre

comedy film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

2h 09m

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A comic actress plays a woman who gets involved in politics. She uses her simple country wisdom to navigate the world of power and corruption.

lightheartedsatiricalfunnyfast-pacedcheerfulplayfulsillybouncy

What happens

Las delicias del poder ("The Delights of Power") is a 1999 Mexican political satire comedy film directed by Iván Lipkies starring María Elena Velasco as La India María with Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Irma Dorantes, and Adalberto Martínez. The film broke the box-office record in Mexico at the time of its release, earning 11 million pesos and having been the second-highest grossing film of the year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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