Friends can be such a drag
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.
Director: Raúl Marchand Sánchez
Cast: Humberto Busto, Elena Iguina, Marian Pabón, Sunshine Logroño, Ineabelle Colón, Olga Vega Fontánez, María de Azúa, Orvil Miller
Friends can be such a drag
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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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…
1h 34m
March 26, 2007
Raúl Marchand Sánchez
Humberto Busto, Elena Iguina, Marian Pabón
Comedy, Drama