The Honest Candidate

(2014)

★ 6 IMDb · 186 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 2014

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: Brazil

Director: Roberto Santucci

Cast: Leandro Hassum, Luiza Valdetaro, Victor Leal, Flávia Garrafa, Arthur Claro, Giovanna Estefanio, Antonio Pedro, Luís Lobianco, Flávio Galvão, Ellen Rocche

Plot

João Ernesto Ribamar is a corrupt politician running for the presidency. He is in the runoff election, ahead on the polls, when he receives a "mandinga" (curse) from his grandmother, which makes him unable to lie. Now the problem begins: How to win an election by telling only the truth?

The corrupt congressman João Ernesto Praxedes is the favorite in the dispute of the presidency of Brazil. His assessor Marcelinho is preparing him for the debate on the second round of the election and he is summoned to a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry in the Congress. When his grandmother is near death, João visits her and she curses him to be honest and always tell the truth. Now João has a big trouble since he needs to dispute the presidential election and respond the inquiry of the commission telling only the truth.