Manuela & Manuel

Mar 26, 2007

1h 34m

★ 5.2

Friends can be such a drag

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Isla Films

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Cast

Manuela

Humberto Busto

Coca

Elena Iguina

Faraona

Marian Pabón

German

Sunshine Logroño

Margarita

Ineabelle Colón

Olga Vega Fontánez

María de Azúa

Orvil Miller

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