
Acting
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Born
1948-04-03 (78)
Place of birth
Mexico
Known for
Acting
Credits
15 titles
Carlos Salinas de Gortar (born 3 April 1948) is a Mexican economist and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. He is widely regarded as the most influential and controversial politician in Mexico since the 1990s.[3] Earlier in his career he worked in the Budget Secretariat, eventually becoming Secretary. He was the PRI presidential candidate in 1988, and was declared elected on 6 July 1988 after accusations of electoral fraud.[4]
Known for
6.4The 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 Mayor
2012
7.7Archival video and new interviews examine Mexican politics in 1994, a year marked by the rise of the EZLN and the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio.
1994
2019
7.5A docuseries examining one of Mexico's most controversial political events: the 1994 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio. It explores the investigation, contradictions, and unanswered questions surrounding the case.
Colosio: Political Assassination
2026
6.6In a photograph among journalists, writers, academics and artists was a controversial president of Mexico and the unusual guest who owes the name of this story.
The Busty Doll
2017
9.2In the past, there was only one path to success in Mexican politics: the path of the PRI. But the PRI is not just a political party; it is the institution that shaped Mexico's public and political behavior. It survived armed uprisings, student movements, economic crises, electoral defeats, and corruption scandals, but it was arrogance, corruption, inconsistency, and abuse of power that ultimately brought it down.
PRI: Crónica del Fin
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Crónica de un fraude
1988
Film credits
2010s · 3 titles
6.4The 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 Mayor
2012
6.6In a photograph among journalists, writers, academics and artists was a controversial president of Mexico and the unusual guest who owes the name of this story.
The Busty Doll
2017
7.8A sport like football is primarily a passionate celebration, but one that is so massive (economically, politically and socially) that it, of course, also brings many problems. Olallo Rubio's third documentary (and fourth film in total), Ilusión Nacional, is a take on how the world's most popular sport relates to Mexican society and politics.
Ilusión Nacional
2014
1990s · 7 titles
5.8Elvis Gratton, dead for three days, comes back to life.
Elvis Gratton 2: Miracle à Memphis
1999
NRNo synopsis available yet.
1992: Salinismo, auge y reelección
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
TLC: Detrás de la mentira
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
El éxodo y otras quemazones
1992
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tragicomedia Neoliberal
1997
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cárcel a Salinas
1995
NRNo synopsis available yet.
1989: Modernidad bárbara
1990
Series credits
7.7Archival video and new interviews examine Mexican politics in 1994, a year marked by the rise of the EZLN and the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio.
1994
2019
7.5A docuseries examining one of Mexico's most controversial political events: the 1994 assassination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio. It explores the investigation, contradictions, and unanswered questions surrounding the case.
Colosio: Political Assassination
2026
9.2In the past, there was only one path to success in Mexican politics: the path of the PRI. But the PRI is not just a political party; it is the institution that shaped Mexico's public and political behavior. It survived armed uprisings, student movements, economic crises, electoral defeats, and corruption scandals, but it was arrogance, corruption, inconsistency, and abuse of power that ultimately brought it down.
PRI: Crónica del Fin
2025

