The Minister's Wife (1981)
Rafael, a young man from the provinces, works as a waiter in a resort and helps himself economically having sex for money with rich older women. During a bomb threat, he is discovered in bed with one of the guest, Leonor Marchioness of Montenegro, and he is fired as a consequence. The Marchioness of Montenegro is an aging aristocrat, ruined economically, but still with wealthy and influential friends. She helps Rafael finds a new job in Madrid as the gardener in the mansion of Antonio Fernández Herrador, Minister of economy in the new democratic Spanish government.
Director:
Eloy de la Iglesia
Writers:
Ángel Sastre, Raúl Alcántara, Eloy de la Iglesia, Gonzalo Goicoechea.
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Amparo Muñoz as Teresa |
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Simón Andreu as Ministro Fernández Herrador |
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María Martín as Marquesa de Montenegro |
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Irina Kuberskaya as Marta |
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Julieta Serrano as Angelina |
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Manuel Torres as Rafael |
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Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Inspector Romero |
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José Luis Fernández 'Pirri' as Chema |
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Enrique San Francisco as Terrorista |
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Pastor Serrador as Padre |
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José Manuel Cervino as Lara |
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Ángel García as |
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José Luis Alexandre as |
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Manuel Calvo as |
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Francisco Casares as |
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Hans Burmann as |
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Eloy de la Iglesia as |
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Antonio Gamero as |
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Gonzalo Goicoechea as |
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Carlos Kaniowsky as |
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Julio Ruano as |
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Antonio Betancourt as |
| Writing | Ángel Sastre | Screenplay |
| Directing | Eloy de la Iglesia | Director |
| Writing | Raúl Alcántara | Screenplay |
| Writing | Eloy de la Iglesia | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gonzalo Goicoechea | Screenplay |
| Sound | Alfonso G. Santisteban | Music |
| Editing | José Salcedo | Editor |
| Camera | Carlos Suárez | Director of Photography |