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Latest revision as of 16:37, 15 December 2025
1998 film
| Atilano for President | |
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| Spanish | Atilano, presidente |
| Directed by | La Cuadrilla |
| Screenplay by | La Cuadrilla |
| Produced by | José MarÃa Lara |
| Starring | |
| 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.[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.
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be a “an energetic, Berlanga-esque take on Spanish politics ’90s style”.[8]
