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Spanish | Atilano, presidente |
Directed by | La Cuadrilla |
Screenplay by | La Cuadrilla |
Produced by | José María Lara |
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Cinematography | Flavio Mtnez. Labiano |
Edited by | Cristina Otero |
Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
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Distributed by | Cine Company |
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Language | Spanish |
Atilano for President (Spanish: Atilano, presidente) is a 1998 black comedy film directed and written by La Cuadrilla (Santiago Aguilar and Luis Guridi) which stars Manuel Manquiña alongside Ramón Barea and Laura Conejero.
A group of bankers find low-key funeral worker and conman Atilano an apt prospect for becoming President of the Government, so the interests of the Church and Big Business be safeguarded. [1] [2]
The film is a Shangri-La PC, DMVB Films, and Fabrica de Imagens Spanish-French-Portuguese co-production. [6] It was shot in Madrid in 1998. [7]
Distributed by Cine Company, [6] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 25 September 1998. [5]
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be a "an energetic, Berlanga-esque take on Spanish politics ’90s style". [8]
Atilano for President | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster | |
Spanish | Atilano, presidente |
Directed by | La Cuadrilla |
Screenplay by | La Cuadrilla |
Produced by | José María Lara |
Starring |
|
Cinematography | Flavio Mtnez. Labiano |
Edited by | Cristina Otero |
Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
Production companies |
|
Distributed by | Cine Company |
Release date |
|
Countries |
|
Language | Spanish |
Atilano for President (Spanish: Atilano, presidente) is a 1998 black comedy film directed and written by La Cuadrilla (Santiago Aguilar and Luis Guridi) which stars Manuel Manquiña alongside Ramón Barea and Laura Conejero.
A group of bankers find low-key funeral worker and conman Atilano an apt prospect for becoming President of the Government, so the interests of the Church and Big Business be safeguarded. [1] [2]
The film is a Shangri-La PC, DMVB Films, and Fabrica de Imagens Spanish-French-Portuguese co-production. [6] It was shot in Madrid in 1998. [7]
Distributed by Cine Company, [6] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 25 September 1998. [5]
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be a "an energetic, Berlanga-esque take on Spanish politics ’90s style". [8]