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| Director: | La Cuadrilla | ||
| Screenplay: | La Cuadrilla | ||
| Producer: | José María Lara | ||
| Cinematography: | Flavio Mtnez. Labiano | ||
| Editing: | Cristina Otero | ||
| Music: | Alexandre Desplat | ||
| Distributor: | Cine Company | ||
| Language: | Spanish |
Atilano for President (es|'''Atilano, presidente'''|links=no) is a 1998 black comedy film directed and written by (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]
The film is a Shangri-La PC, DMVB Films, and Fabrica de Imagens Spanish-French-Portuguese co-production.[2] It was shot in Madrid in 1998.[3]
Distributed by Cine Company, 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".[4]