Manuela & Manuel

Manuela & Manuel

Friends can be such a drag

2007 · 94 min · ★ 4.6 · Comedy, Drama

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.

Directed by Raúl Marchand Sánchez · Written by José Ignacio Valenzuela

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