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Manuela y Manuel
- Director: Raúl Marchand Sánchez
- Writer: José Ignacio Valenzuela
- Producer: Ileana Ciena; Sonia Fritz
CGiii Comment
Basically, it's a take on La Cage aux Folles in Spanish...
Coming from Puerto Rico, a country not known for its LGBT cinematic output, expectations weren't exactly high...it did not disappoint.
For a comedy, there was nothing funny about the laboured script and exaggerated performances.
For a musical, the songs are bloody awful.
As a film...instantly forgettable.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Deep inside, Manuel has always been Manuela. Amidst her worst love crisis, Manuela reinvents herself as Manuel in order to pass as the fiancé of her best friend Coca - who is pregnant from a one-night stand and must face her conservative family. Hidden identities, misunderstandings, and the tension between two friends pretending to be what they are not, stage a colorful and up-beat story. Manuela y Manuel is a visually-captivating comedy about two friends performing in the melodrama of Latin America life.
Cast & Characters
Humberto Busto as Manuela - Manuel;
Elena Iguina as Coca;
Marian Pabon as Faraona;
Luz Maria Rondon as Rosa;
Ineabelle Colon as Margarita;
Sunshine Logrono as German;
Marisol Calero as Norma;
Johnny Lozada as Ramon;
Israel Lugo as Arturo;
Adrian Garcia as Taxista;
Luis Ortiz as Shadow;
Sonia Fritz as Mrs. Green;
Chari Lady Fox as Performer 2;
Jamie Sunflower as Performer 1;
Julio Ramos as Friend 1