Manuel and Clemente

May 26, 1986 1h 29m

3 votes

Comedy

Synopsis

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.

Title	Manuel and Clemente
Companies	Javier Palmero P.C., Margen
Countries	Spain
Keywords	1970s, parody, based on true story, religion, religious cult, swindle