''Esquilache'' is a 1989

Spanish film Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: ** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...

directed by Josefina Molina. The film stars

Fernando Fernán Gómez Fernando Fernández Gómez (28 August 1921 – 21 November 2007) better known as Fernando Fernán Gómez was a Spanish actor, screenwriter, film director, theater director and member of the Royal Spanish Academy for seven years. He was born i ...

Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache Leopoldo de Gregorio, 1st Marquess of Esquilache, OWE (Messina, December 23, 1699 – Venice, September 15, 1785), known in Spanish as ''Marqués de Esquilache'' and in Italian as ''Marchese di Squilliace'', was a Sicilian-born Spanish statesman ...

. It is based on the play " Un Soñador Para Un Pueblo" by Antonio Buero Vallejo. The film was entered into the

39th Berlin International Film Festival The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1989. The Golden Bear was awarded to American film ''Rain Man'' directed by Barry Levinson. The retrospective was dedicated to German film producer Erich Pommer a ...

Plot

The film is about the Esquilache Riots.

Cast

as Esquilache *

José Luis López Vázquez José Luis López Vázquez de la Torre MML (11 March 1922, in Madrid – 2 November 2009, in Madrid) was a Spanish actor. Career José Luis López Vázquez was born in Madrid, Spain, on 11 March 1922. He originally worked in theater as a costume ...

as Antonio Campos *

Ángela Molina Ángela Molina Tejedor (born 5 October 1955) is a Spanish actress. Aside from her performances in Spanish films, she has starred in multiple international productions, particularly in a number of Italian films and television series. Family Mol ...

as Fernanda *

Ángel de Andrés Ángel de Andrés Miquel was a Spanish theatre actor and director. Background In 1938, after the Spanish Civil War broke out, the young Andrés worked as an amateur street actor and then as a "galán cómico" in the Salvador Videgain theatr ...

as Marqués de la Ensenada * Concha Velasco as Pastora Patermo *

Adolfo Marsillach Adolfo Marsillach Soriano (January 25, 1928 – January 21, 2002) was a Spanish actor, playwright and theatre director. He was born in Barcelona. He was known for his collaborations with playwright Alberto Miralles. He is the father of a ...

as Carlos III * Amparo Rivelles as Isabel de Farnesio * Alberto Closas as Duque de Villasanta * Tito Valverde as Bernardo

References

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* 1989 films 1980s Spanish-language films 1980s biographical drama films Spanish biographical drama films Films set in the 1760s Films set in Madrid Films directed by Josefina Molina Fiction set in 1766 Cultural depictions of Spanish kings 1980s Spanish films Spanish-language biographical drama films {{1980s-Spain-film-stub