González: The False Prophet (2014)

  • NR
  • 10/23/2014 (MX)
  • Drama, Adventure
  • 1h 50m

Overview

González lives in a dilapidated room in Mexico City, a lost soul in one of the world’s biggest metropolises. Desperate to be someone in life—and to pay off his debts—he embarks on a journey into the increasingly magnetic world of big-box Christianity. Religion seems to offer a quick path to becoming rich and soon González is willing to do anything in his power in order to make it happen. A thriller that evokes the gritty style of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, Gonzalez: The False Prophet is a suspenseful ride through the darker side of charismatic preachers and upstart religions that flourish on the hardearned money of desperate people in need of hope.

Christian Díaz Pardo

Director, Screenplay

Fernando del Razo

Screenplay

Cast

Carlos Bardem's headshot

Carlos Bardem

Pastor Elías
Harold Torres's headshot

Harold Torres

González
Olga Segura's headshot

Olga Segura

Betsabé
Gaston Peterson's headshot

Gaston Peterson

Pablo

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