''Wait for Me in Heaven'' () is a 1988 Spanish comedy film directed by

Antonio Mercero Antonio Mercero Juldain (7 March 1936 – 12 May 2018) was a Spanish director of the television series '' Verano azul'' and '' Farmacia de guardia''. He is best known as the director of a 1972 surrealist short horror film titled '' La cabina'', ...

Plot

Paulino Alonso is an orthopedist who bears a strong resemblance to Spanish

caudillo A ''caudillo'' ( , ; , from Latin language, Latin , diminutive of ''caput'' "head") is a type of Personalist dictatorship, personalist leader wielding military and political power. There is no precise English translation for the term, though it ...

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (born Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and dictator who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces i ...

and is kidnapped one day to be used as a double during public appearances that are too risky for the real Franco.

Cast

* Pepe Soriano –

* José Sazatornil – Alberto Sinsoles * Chus Lampreave – Emilia * – Luis * Amparo Valle – Rosa * Paco Cambres – Capellán de El Pardo * José Luis Barceló – Almirante Carrero Blanco * Josefina Calatayud – Carmen Polo * – Egyptian ambassador

References

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* 1988 films 1988 comedy films Spanish comedy films Spanish satirical films Films set in Spain Films shot in Spain Anti-Francoism Films about Francisco Franco 1980s Spanish-language films 1980s Spanish films {{SpanishCivilWar-film-stub