A Wonderful World (film)

Un mundo maravilloso ("A Wonderful World") is a 2006 Mexican satirical black comedy film produced by Bandidos Films, directed by Luis Estrada and considered a "spiritual sequel" to La ley de Herodes; it's a political satire about Vicente Fox Quesada's government and its neo-liberal doctrine.

Unlike La ley de Herodes, this film was released without interference from Fox's government, and it even was partly sponsored by Imcine.

The film's spiritual successor, El Infernio was released on September 3, 2010 to conencide with the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence.

Another "spiritual sequel", La dictadura perfecta, was released on October 16, 2014.

Plot

The film centers around Juan Perez, a homeless man, who after sneaking into a bank office to sleep, tries to hide on the outside of the building, only for this to be taken as a suicide attempt to protest the government. With the government, in an attempt to cover it up, making Juan a rich man, with not all going according to plan.

Cast

• Damián Alcázar .... Juan Pérez
• Cecilia Suárez .... Rosita
• Ernesto Gómez Cruz .... Compadre Filemón
• Jesús Ochoa .... El Tamal
• Silverio Palacios .... El Azteca
• Antonio Serrano .... Minister of Economy
• Jorge Zárate .... Private Secretary
• José María Yazpik .... Financial Advisor
• Plutarco Haza .... Political Advisor
• Raúl Méndez .... Image Advisor
• Pedro Armendáriz Jr. .... Director of the newspaper "El Mercurio"
• Carmen Beato .... The Girl
• Guillermo Gil .... Rat Faced Dad
• Diego Jáuregui .... Editor in chief
• Carlos Arau .... The young Reporter
• Rodrigo Murray .... Papá Ejemplar
• Alex Cox .... Master of ceremonies
• Cecilia Tijerina .... Mamá Ejemplar

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