THE CANDIDATE

EL CANDIDATO

By Daniel HENDLER

PRAGDA - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD

Thriller - Completed 2017


Festivals
& Awards

Miami IFF 2017
Best Director, Knight Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Thriller, Black comedy
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA, URUGUAY
    • Languages
    • SPANISH-ARGENTINE, SPANISH
    • Director(s)
    • Daniel HENDLER
    • Synopsis
    • In this wry and timely political comedy of manners, Martín Marchand, the son of a wealthy businessman, retreats to his lavish, secluded family estate with his most trusted confidants to start prepping his candidacy for office. In order to distance himself from the reputation of his father, he decides to form a new party that speaks for the common man, and hires a team of PR hotshots to craft his new image. Soon after their arrival, however, the creatives assigned to form his media presence begin to elicit Martín’s suspicion, and paranoia slowly takes hold.

      Directed by Uruguayan actor/director Daniel Hendler, The Candidate is a pitch-perfect political comedy that explores the creation of a political persona that is all form and no content.