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The Contender (Original title)
Dates: 2000 (Copyright), 20 April 2001 (Release)

Countries: Germany, USA, United Kingdom

Director: Rod Lurie

Synopsis: Political drama. An Ohio senator is chosen by the President to be the country's first female vice-president when the original vice-president dies. Conspiring to keep her out of the White House, a fellow congressman accuses her of having participated in an orgy while at college.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Politics