El Presidente (TV series)
El Presidente (stylized as EL PRE$IDENTE) is a Chilean drama television series created by Armando Bó. It is based on the 2015 FIFA corruption case and is focused in the former president of ANFP Sergio Jadue, played by Colombian actor Andrés Parra. The first 8-episode season was released on June 5, 2020, on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video.[1][2] An English dub of the series was released on November 6, 2020.[3]
The second 8-episode season, marketed with the subtitle Jogo da Corrupção (The Corruption Game in English), was released on November 4, 2022.[4]
Plot
[edit]Season 1's story revolves around Sergio Jadue and his rise from president of Unión La Calera to president of the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). He becomes close to Julio Grondona, president of the Argentine Football Association at the time, and starts gaining power among the executives of CONMEBOL before being approached by an FBI Agent to assist in her investigation of money laundering and corruption towards these CONMEBOL executives.
Season 2's story revolves around João Havelange and how he turned FIFA from a simple sports organization into an international powerhouse. He usurps power from the Europeans and holds on to it for almost three decades.
Production
[edit]Filming occurred in Talagante, Peñaflor, La Calera, La Pintana, Santiago de Chile, Luque, Buenos Aires and New York, among other locations.
Cast
[edit]Season 1
[edit]| Actor | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Andrés Parra | Sergio Jadue | ANFP President.[5] |
| Karla Souza | Lisa Harris, alias «Rosario» | FBI Agent, who uses Jadue to conduct her investigation on the FIFA Gate |
| Paulina Gaitán | María Inés «Nené» Facuse | Sergio Jadue's wife |
| Ana Reeves | Fátima Eltit | Sergio Jadue's Grandmother |
| Luis Margani | Julio Grondona | President of the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino. |
| Alberto Ajaka | Jashir Alabi | Sergio Jadue's right-hand man |
| Luis Gnecco | Luis Bedoya | President of the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol. |
| Daniel Muñoz | Jorge Segovia | President of SEK Group that controls Unión Española |
| Francisco Reyes | Cristián Varela | Director of Blanco y Negro S.A., representative of Colo-Colo |
| Gonzalo Robles | Rafael Esquivel | President of the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol |
| Sergio Hernández | Eugenio Figueredo | Vicepresident and FIFA Executive Member |
| Alejandro Trejo | Jose Maria Marin | President of Brazilian Football Confederation |
| Jean Pierre Noher | José Hawilla | Founder and President of Traffic Group, owner of the South American soccer TV rights |
| Federico Liss | Mariano Jinkis | Founder and board member of Full Play Group, company that purchased the TV rights from CONMEBOL in 2013 |
| Cristóbal Tapia | Dave Summerfield | FBI Agent |
Season 2
[edit]| Actor | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Andrés Parra | Sergio Jadue | ANFP President, Season 2's narrator |
| Albano Jerónimo | João Havelange | President of Confederação Brasileira de Desportos |
| Maria Fernanda Cândido | Anna Maria Havelange / Isabel | João Havelange's wife |
| Eduardo Moscovis | Castor de Andrade | Bicheiro, Havelange's ally |
| Bukassa Kabengele | Yidnekatchew Tessema | President of CAF |
| Guilherme Prates | Ricardo Teixeira | Havelange's son-in-law, Vitória's husband |
| Nelson Freitas | Humberto Castelo Branco / Emílio Médici / Ernesto Geisel | Presidents of Brazil |
| Leandro Firmino | Sivoca | Castor de Andrade's right-hand man |
| Anna Brewster | Faye Bossard | Assistant to the President of FIFA |
| Bruno Bebianno | Cédric Havelange | João's younger brother |
| Craig Stevenson | Stanley Rous | President of FIFA, serving from 1961 to 1974 |
| Demétrio Nascimento Alves | Pelé | Brazilian footballer |
| Fabio Aste | Teófilo Salinas | President of Federación Peruana de Futbol |
| Juan Alari | Paco Lopez Gil | President of Real Federación Española de Fútbol |
| Philippe Jacq | Helmut Käser | General Secretary of FIFA |
| Polliana Aleixo | Vitória Havelange | João's daughter |
Recurring cast
[edit]Season 1
[edit]- Agustín Moya as Juan Ángel Napout, el President of CONMEBOL and vice president 1º of FIFA.
- Víctor Rojas as Luis Chiriboga, President of Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol.
- Jaime Omeñaca as Carlos Chávez Landívar, President of Federación Boliviana de Fútbol.
- Felipe Armas as Jaime Estévez, President of Club Deportivo Universidad Católica.
- Paulo Brunetti as Alejandro Burzaco, President of TyC (Torneos y Competencias).
- José Grünewald as El kiosquero in La Calera.
- Katyna Huberman as Olivia, lawyer and friend of "Nené"
- Blanca Lewin as Sofía Díaz, journalist of "El Andino"
- Adriano Castillo as waitress chief in Luque, Paraguay
- Millaray Lobos as Cecilia Domínguez, secretary of Sergio Jadue
- Antonia Giesen as Fanny, friend of Rosario
- Horacio Games as João Havelange, ex president of FIFA between 1974 and 1998
- Ignacia Uribe as Sara, cell phone thief
- Abián Vainstein as Joseph Blatter
- Heinz Krattiger as FIFA employee, righthand of Joseph Blatter
- Alejandro Bracho as Chuck Blazer, FIFA executive committee member
- Cristián García-Huidobro as José Yuraszeck, manager of Azul Azul, in charge of Universidad de Chile.
- Marcela Osorio as Neusa Marin, Luis Chiriboga's wife
- Tatiana Molina as Tania Hurtado
- Maricarmen Arrigorriaga as Martha Herrera
- Nicolás Poblete as journalist
- Heidrun Breier as Ruth, Swiss police
- Bastián Bodenhöfer as French detective
- Steevens Benjamin as security doorman
- Javier Bacchetta as Ciro Cesar Silva
Season 2
[edit]- Lourinelson Vladmir as João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager
- Fabio Alberti as Augusto Raúl Juárez, Argentinian admiral
- Veruska Souza as Irene
- Marianna Armellini as Larissa, Isabel's lawyer friend and feminist
- Soren Hellerup as Adi Dassler, founder of Adidas
- Federico Salles as Horst Dassler, Adi Dassler's son
- Caroline Abras as Lena Dassler, Adi Dassler's daughter
- Isadora Ferrite as Dorinha, João and Isabel's maid
- Carlos Takeshi as Oé Kitana, President of Japan Football Association
- Hoji Fortuna as Jacques Ashanti
- Favio Posca as Jorge Rafael Videla
- Manuel Ossenkopf as Joseph Blatter
- Agustina Giovio as Barbara Käser, Helmut's daughter
- Joaquín Berthold as Armin Dassler, Horst and Lena's cousin and rival
- Ignacio Cawen as Johan Cruyff
Episodes
[edit]Series overview
[edit]Season 1 (2020)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Not your topo" | Armando Bó | Armando Bó | June 5, 2020 |
| 2 | 2 | "Rosarito" | Armando Bó | Armando Bó | June 5, 2020 |
| 3 | 3 | "Las pelotas" | Gabriel Díaz | Armando Bó | June 5, 2020 |
| 4 | 4 | "En el palo" | Gabriel Díaz | Mariana Levy & Malena Vain | June 5, 2020 |
| 5 | 5 | "Padre Nuestro" | Natalia Beristáin | Armando Bó | June 5, 2020 |
| 6 | 6 | "Fifageit" | Natalia Beristáin | Armando Bó | June 5, 2020 |
| 7 | 7 | "Mentira" | Armando Bó | Armando Bó | June 5, 2020 |
| 8 | 8 | "Todo pasa" | Armando Bó | Armando Bó | June 5, 2020 |
Season 2 (2022)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "Call me João" | Armando Bó | Unknown | November 4, 2022 |
| 12 | 2 | "Africa, Here I Go" | Armando Bó | Unknown | November 4, 2022 |
| 13 | 3 | "The Election" | Daniel Rezende | Unknown | November 4, 2022 |
| 14 | 4 | "Welcome to Europe" | Daniel Rezende | Unknown | November 4, 2022 |
| 15 | 5 | "God Save the Sheep" | Álvaro Brechner | Unknown | November 4, 2022 |
| 16 | 6 | "Humans and Rights" | Álvaro Brechner | Unknown | November 4, 2022 |
| 17 | 7 | "I Live for FIFA" | Daniela Thomas | Unknown | November 4, 2022 |
| 16 | 8 | "What Corruption?" | Daniela Thomas | Unknown | November 4, 2022 |
References
[edit]- ^ "'El Presidente' Amazon makes 'FIFA Gate". Los Angeles Times. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ ""El Presidente" de Amazon Prime Video muestra el escándalo de corrupción FIFAgate del 2015". CNN. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "New on Amazon Prime Video September 2021, Plus What's Coming Next". October 2019.
- ^ "Amazon's Big Latin American World Cup Play, 'El Presidente: The Corruption Game,' Drops Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)". October 2022.
- ^ Lo que sabemos de El Presidente, la serie que cuenta la historia de Sergio Jadue
- ^ "Shows A-Z – El Presidente on Amazon". The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 28, 2022.