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Manuel and Clemente (1986)

Manuel and Clemente (1986)

Comedy
Release Date: 1986, May 26
Directors: Javier Palmero
Countries: Spain
Production: Javier Palmero P.C., Javier Palmero P.C., Margen, Margen
Cast: Héctor Alterio, Paul VI, Luis Escobar, Juan Jesús Valverde, Ángel de Andrés López, Trinidad Rugero, Alfonso del Real, María Massip, Antonio Llopis, Rosario García Ortega, Manuel Collado, Mari Paz Ballesteros

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on true story religion parody 1970s religious cult swindle