The Minister's Wife
1981 · 1h 41m · N/A
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Eloy de la Iglesia
Overview
Rafael, a young man from the provinces, works as a waiter in a resort and helps himself economically having sex for money with rich older women. During a bomb threat, he is discovered in bed with one of the guest, Leonor Marchioness of Montenegro, and he is fired as a consequence. The Marchioness of Montenegro is an aging aristocrat, ruined economically, but still with wealthy and influential friends. She helps Rafael finds a new job in Madrid as the gardener in the mansion of Antonio Fernández Herrador, Minister of economy in the new democratic Spanish government.
Director and cast
- Eloy de la Iglesia Director
- Amparo Muñoz as Teresa
- Simón Andreu as Ministro Fernández Herrador
- María Martín as Marquesa de Montenegro
- Irina Kuberskaya as Marta
- Julieta Serrano as Angelina
- Manuel Torres as Rafael
- Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Inspector Romero
- José Luis Fernández 'Pirri' as Chema
- Enrique San Francisco as Terrorista
- Pastor Serrador as Padre
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