El Presidente (TV series) explained

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

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

Filming occurred in Talagante, Peñaflor, La Calera, La Pintana, Santiago de Chile, Luque, Buenos Aires and New York, among other locations.

Cast

Season 1

ActorRoleNotes
ANFP President.[5]
Lisa Harris, alias «Rosario»FBI Agent, who uses Jadue to conduct her investigation on the FIFA Gate
María Inés «Nené» Facuse Sergio Jadue's wife
Ana ReevesFátima EltitSergio Jadue's Grandmother
Luis MarganiJulio GrondonaPresident of the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino.
Alberto AjakaJashir AlabiSergio Jadue's right-hand man
Luis BedoyaPresident of the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol.
Jorge Segovia President of SEK Group that controls Unión Española
Francisco ReyesCristián VarelaDirector of Blanco y Negro S.A., representative of Colo-Colo
Gonzalo RoblesRafael Esquivel
Sergio HernándezEugenio FigueredoVicepresident and FIFA Executive Member
Alejandro TrejoJose Maria MarinPresident of Brazilian Football Confederation
Jean Pierre NoherJosé HawillaFounder and President of Traffic Group, owner of the South American soccer TV rights
Federico LissMariano JinkisFounder and board member of Full Play Group, company that purchased the TV rights from CONMEBOL in 2013
Cristóbal TapiaDave SummerfieldFBI Agent

Season 2

ActorRoleNotes
ANFP President, Season 2's narrator
Albano Jerónimo João HavelangePresident of Confederação Brasileira de Desportos
Anna Maria Havelange / Isabel João Havelange's wife
Eduardo MoscovisCastor de AndradeBicheiro, Havelange's ally
Bukassa KabengeleYidnekatchew TessemaPresident of CAF
Guilherme PratesRicardo TeixeiraHavelange's son-in-law, Vitória's husband
Nelson FreitasPresidents of Brazil
Leandro FirminoSivoca Castor de Andrade's right-hand man
Anna BrewsterFaye BossardAssistant to the President of FIFA
Bruno BebiannoCédric HavelangeJoão's younger brother
Craig StevensonStanley RousPresident of FIFA, serving from 1961 to 1974
Demétrio Nascimento AlvesPeléBrazilian footballer
Fabio Aste Teófilo SalinasPresident of Federación Peruana de Futbol
Juan AlariPaco Lopez GilPresident of Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Philippe Jacq Helmut KäserGeneral Secretary of FIFA
Polliana AleixoVitória HavelangeJoão's daughter

Recurring cast

Season 1

Season 2

Episodes

Season 2 (2022)

Notes and References

  1. News: 'El Presidente' Amazon makes 'FIFA Gate . 16 June 2020 . Los Angeles Times . 5 June 2020.
  2. News: "El Presidente" de Amazon Prime Video muestra el escándalo de corrupción FIFAgate del 2015 . 16 June 2020 . CNN . 2 June 2020.
  3. Web site: New on Amazon Prime Video September 2021, Plus What's Coming Next. October 2019.
  4. Web site: Amazon's Big Latin American World Cup Play, 'El Presidente: The Corruption Game,' Drops Trailer (EXCLUSIVE) . October 2022.
  5. https://www.latercera.com/culto/2019/03/26/jadue-serie-presidente/ Lo que sabemos de El Presidente, la serie que cuenta la historia de Sergio Jadue