The Dictator

Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Sacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Megan Fox, John C. Reilly
Language: English, French
Theatrical Release Date: May 16, 2012
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
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Synopsis: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. [Synopsis courtesy of IMDb]

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