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Manuela & Manuel
Manuela & Manuel

Manuela & Manuel

Friends can be such a drag

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ComedyDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

5.2/10

Release Date

26 March 2007

Country

Puerto Rico

Cast

Humberto Busto

Humberto Busto

Manuela

Elena Iguina

Elena Iguina

Coca

Marian Pabón

Marian Pabón

Faraona

Sunshine Logroño

Sunshine Logroño

German

Ineabelle Colón

Ineabelle Colón

Margarita

Olga Vega Fontánez

Olga Vega Fontánez

María de Azúa

María de Azúa

Orvil Miller

Orvil Miller

Alí Warrington

Alí Warrington

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