Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin and Petit Nicolás, the new additions to 'Torrente Presidente'

BarcelonaAfter weeks of anti-promotion, with no interviews, trailers, or press screenings, the premiere this Friday of Torrente, president The veil of secrecy surrounding the sixth installment of the saga created by Santiago Segura has suddenly been torn away. The new adventures of the sleazy pseudo-policeman definitively embrace the parody of current political events that was already hinted at in the allusions to the Trial of 1968. Torrente: Operation Eurovegas (2014), but this time with the Spanish far right as the main target. Segura turns his character into an unexpected candidate for the rising party Nox, a fictional version of Vox that takes advantage of Torrente's offensive and politically incorrect rhetoric to climb in the polls.

Torrente, president It rails against the opportunism, racism, and homophobia of the far right through the slapstick humor of its protagonist, but it also takes aim at left-wing parties, inclusive language, and culture. woke Generally speaking. There are barbs aimed at Podemos, Sumar, and, above all, the PSOE ("In politics, my role model is Ábalos," proclaims Torrente), with Bertín Osborne performing a narcissistic parody of Pedro Sánchez. But it's worth noting that the Spanish right comes out looking good; in fact, Mariano Rajoy is the only politician who makes a cameo in the film. However, Catalan separatism is left out of the equation, except for the "it could be worse than black, it could be Catalan!" that he exclaims to Torrente in one scene.

As in the latest installments of the saga, Segura continues to put more effort into including cameos left and right in the construction of the plot. The most notorious of Torrente, president It's Kevin Spacey's. The actor, who was acquitted in 2023 of nine counts of sexual assault and harassment and a few months ago faced three new accusations of sexual assault, plays—in English—the film's main villain, an all-powerful tycoon who pulls the strings of every government in the world. Another actor who is going through a rough patch after the trial for an accidental death on the set of Rust It's Alec Baldwin, who is resuming the Donald Trump parody he did a few years ago in the Saturday Night LiveAlthough here he does so with a certain reluctance and rather terrifying makeup.

In Spanish terms, the most disconcerting signing is that of Francisco Nicolás Gómez, that is, Petit Nicolás, a precocious master of deception who rose to fame when he was arrested for fraud and forgery for having impersonated an advisor to Mariano Rajoy's government and a member of the CNI (National Intelligence Center) with only the CNI. Petit Nicolás plays the nephew of the Vox leader, a stubborn opportunist who betrays his uncle and switches sides to Torrente in exchange for a vice-presidential position. The cameo the line continues trash which exploited Segura in previous installments of the saga, which gave film debuts to Jesulín de Ubrique and Kiko Rivera; both, incidentally, reappear in Torrente, president, as well as the characters of Gabino Diego, Nieves Asensi, Javier Cámara (via video call), Fernando Esteso, Cañita Brava, Barragán, Bigotes y Dientes, etc.

But the cameos They go even further: Segura has summoned the entire Spanish media elite, starting with Pablo Motos, chefs Jordi Cruz and Pepe Rodríguez, Ana Rosa Quintana, Jordi Évole, Gonzalo Miró, Marta Flich, El Gran Wyoming, José Luis Moreno—who reprises his role as the boss from the Torrente film—and radio host Carlos Herrera in a gesture whose irony is unclear. And it doesn't end there: Torrente, president Also appearing on the runway are Yola Berrocal, Vito Quiles, Florentino Fernández, Carlos Latre (playing Javier Milei), David Guapo, Lucía Etxebarria and Juan del Val.