Caiga quien caiga (lit. 'Whoever that fails') is a 2018 Peruvian political thriller film, based on the homonymous book written by José Ugaz. The film was directed and produced by Eduardo Guillot Meave, and starred Miguel Iza as Vladimiro Montesinos.
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Plot
In September 2000, the first vladivideo was revealed, a recording in which the presidential adviser Vladimiro Montesinos bribed Alberto Kouri, an opposition congressman, to vote for favor of the government. After that, the government of Alberto Fujimori faces a crisis that would lead to its end; likewise, the presidential adviser is accused of corruption and persecuted by the dying Fujimori regime.
Vladimiro Montesinos flees to Panama where he is unable to obtain political asylum, so he returns to Peru. Justice issues an arrest warrant against him and the president Alberto Fujimori is part of police operations to search for him. However, Montesinos manages to escape on the sailboat Karisma to Costa Rica and then to Venezuela.
Cast
Miguel Iza as Vladimiro Montesinos
Eduardo Camino as José Ugaz
Javier Valdés as Alberto Bermúdez (Alberto Bustamante Belaúnde)
Karina Jordán as Marina
Kukuli Morante as Jacqueline Beltrán
Jackie Vásquez as Matilde Pinchi Pinchi
José Miguel Arbulú as Bologna
Gonzalo Molina as Saul
Alfonso Dibos as Eduardo
Milene Vásquez as Verónica (José Ugaz's ex-wife)
Sandro Calderon as Huaman
Diego Carlos Seyfarth as Walter Thomas
Marcello Rivera as Vera
Alejandra Guerra as Laura Bozzo.
Victor Prada
Ana Maria Estrada
Pietro Sibille as Vatican
Claudio Calmet
Percy Williams Silva
Production
The film premiered on August 23, 2018, with Cielo Garrido as executive producer, achieving second place in a thriller on the day of its premiere, exceeding 100,000 viewers the week of its premiere.
Reception
Reviews
The film has received mixed reviews from the specialized press, they call it very bland and boring, also that in its footage they show three sex scenes that are only fanservice and do not help the story they are trying to tell, also having poor performances and only one being saved, that of Miguel Iza as Vladimiro Montesinos.
Disputes
In the first days of August 2018, Vladimiro Montesinos sent a notarized letter stating that the film "affects his good image." In the same way, the presenter Laura Bozzo was against the premiere of the film and announced legal measures for the use of her image and the phrase "Let the Wretch pass!".
Awards
National Competition for Feature Film Distribution Projects 2018 (Ministry of Culture).