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The Dictator is a 2012 political satire black comedy film co-written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen as his fourth feature film in a leading role. The film was directed by Larry Charles, who also directed Baron Cohen's mockumentaries Borat and Brüno.
- $65–100 million
- Erran Baron Cohen
- May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012 · The Dictator: Directed by Larry Charles. With Sacha Baron Cohen, Sayed Badreya, Rocky Citron, Liam Campora. The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
- Larry Charles
- 449
- 3 min
May 16, 2012 · Gen. Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen) has ruled the oil-rich North African country of Wadiya since the age of six, when 97 stray bullets and a hand grenade killed his father in a hunting accident.
- (5.6K)
- Larry Charles
- R
- Sacha Baron Cohen
When the UN threatens the nuclear program of the Republic of Wadiya, dictator Hafez Aladeen decides to go to New York to make a speech in the assembly. However, his minister Tamir is plotting a scheme to topple Aladeen and sign multimillionaire contracts with foreign oil companies to make him a tycoon.
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Although the movie very casually follows the progress of the romance and the assassination scheme, Cohen and the director, Larry Charles, are about as dedicated to plot as the Marx Brothers; the movie's spiritual ancestor is "Duck Soup" and Groucho's Freedonian dictator Rufus T. Firefly.
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