Atilano for President

Atilano for President is a 1998 black comedy film directed and written by which stars Manuel Manquiña alongside Ramón Barea and Laura Conejero.

Plot

A group of bankers find low-key funeral worker and conman Atilano an apt prospect for becoming President of the Government, so the interests of the Church in Spain|Church] and Big Business be safeguarded.

The film is a Shangri-La PC, DMVB Films, and Fabrica de Imagens Spanish-French-Portuguese co-production. It was shot in Madrid in 1998.

Distributed by Cine Company, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 25 September 1998.

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be a "an energetic, Berlanga-esque take on Spanish politics ’90s style".