Manuel and Clemente (1986)
Manuel and Clemente, couple in the shower and in various scheming, try to do business with miraculous apparitions. Near the Sevillian town of El Palmar de Troya, in 1968, people begin to say that the Virgin appears and the two friends take advantage of the situation. Soon a network of economic interests and credulity is created that makes it easier for Manuel and Clemente to achieve their goal: a monumental basilica, a religious order of nuns, priests and bishops of their own, and even a pope, Gregory XVII. Satire on the curious origin of the Palmarian Catholic Church and its unique founders.
Director:
Javier Palmero
Writer:
Javier Palmero
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Juan Jesús Valverde as Manuel |
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Ángel de Andrés López as Clemente |
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Manuel Collado as Félix |
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Héctor Alterio as Serafín |
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Trinidad Rugero as Magda |
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Mari Paz Ballesteros as Doña África |
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Concha Grégori as Ramonina |
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Luis Escobar as Cardenal |
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Antonio Llopis as Camilo |
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María Massip as María Martín |
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Luis Olmos as Newman |
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Alfonso del Real as Don Casimiro |
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Rosario García Ortega as Doña Patrocinio |
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Paul VI as Himself (archive footage) |
| Writing | Javier Palmero | Screenplay |
| Production | Gunner Andersen | Associate Producer |
| Editing | José María Biurrún | Editor |
| Directing | Javier Palmero | Director |
| Production | Javier Palmero | Producer |
| Production | Fernando Bauluz | Producer |
| Sound | Guillermo Farnos | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Rafael Palmero | Art Direction |
| Directing | Pedro Carvajal | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Elena Gil Nagel | Assistant Director |
| Production | Concepción de Diego | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Tote Trenas | Director of Photography |