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Certificate 15

Cast Sacha Baron Cohen Anna Faris Ben Kinglsey

Directors Larry Charles

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Running Time 83 minutes

The Dictator
Below Borat, beats Bruno

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Plot
When the UN clamps down on his country's nuclear weapons programme, General Aladeen (Cohen), pampered ruler of Wadiya in north Africa, travels to New York to deliver a stinging rebuke to the West. But after an assassination attempt goes wrong, he finds himself alone in a strange country, with only a health food-shop manager (Faris) for support.

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