The highly anticipated Amazon Original series El Presidente will bring the story of the 2015 “FIFA Gate” corruption scandal on Prime Video on the June 5, 2020.
Set against the backdrop of cities across Latin America, the U.S. and Europe, the series explores the sports scandal that rocked the world through the story of Sergio Jadue, a small?time Chilean football club president who rose from obscurity to become a key player in a $150MM bribery conspiracy at the hand of the infamous president of the Argentine football association, Julio Grondona.
The eight one-hour episode stylized dramedy series features a star-studded cast including Karla Souza (How to Get Away with Murder), Andrés Parra (Pablo Escobar: El Patrón del Mal) and Paulina Gaitán (Diablo Guardian), among others. The series is directed by Natalia Beristain (Luis Miguel: La Serie), Gabriel Díaz (Bala Loca) and Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter Armando Bo (Birdman) who is also an executive producer.
