God Is on Air

May 10, 2002

1h 31m

★ 7.2

Overview

Two Spanish pan-handlers soon find themselves in over their heads when they stumble upon an opportunity to redeem themselves and perhaps the entire planet. The world appears to suffer from rampant poverty, violence and spiritual desperation and the relentless news media force-feeds these images to the Spanish people. A popular reality television show lets the audience decide between life or death for suspected felons, and one of the opportunistic pan-handlers attempts to escape poverty through this raucous and sensational TV program.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Lolafilms

Atresmedia

TeleMadrid

Vía Digital

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Cast

Salva

Jordi Mollà

Espe

Candela Peña

Angel

Juan Carlos Vellido

Bigardo

Daniel Giménez Cacho

Presidente

Franco di Francescantonio

Mari

Florinda Chico

El Chirlas

Álex Angulo

Codi

Enrique Villén

Abuelo

José María Sagone

Atanasio

Germán Montaner

Loli

Valentina Alonso

Hombre medallón

Manuel Puchades

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