The Minister's Wife (1981)

4.9/10 101 min Drama Romance

Overview

Rafael, a young man from the provinces, works as a waiter in a resort and helps himself economically having sex for money with rich older women. During a bomb threat, he is discovered in bed with one of the guest, Leonor Marchioness of Montenegro, and he is fired as a consequence. The Marchioness of Montenegro is an aging aristocrat, ruined economically, but still with wealthy and influential friends. She helps Rafael finds a new job in Madrid as the gardener in the mansion of Antonio Fernández Herrador, Minister of economy in the new democratic Spanish government.

Cast

Amparo Muñoz

Teresa

Simón Andreu

Ministro Fernández Herrador

María Martín

Marquesa de Montenegro

Irina Kuberskaya

Marta

Julieta Serrano

Angelina

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Inspector Romero

José Luis Fernández 'Pirri'

Chema

Enrique San Francisco

Terrorista

Pastor Serrador

Padre

José Manuel Cervino

Lara

Ángel García

Francisco Casares

Eloy de la Iglesia

Antonio Gamero

Gonzalo Goicoechea

Carlos Kaniowsky

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