Manuel Fraga

Manuel Fraga

Birth : 1922-11-23, Lugo, Galicia, Spain

Death : 2012-01-15

History

Manuel Fraga was born on November 23, 1922 in Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia, Spain as Manuel Fraga Iribarne. He was married to Carmen Estevez. He died on January 15, 2012 in Madrid, Spain. He was the president of Galicia (Spain) (1990-2005)

Profile

Manuel Fraga

Movies

La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
Self - Politician (archive footage)
The amazing story of Cifesa, a mythical film production company founded in Valencia by the Casanova family that managed to dominate the box office during the turbulent times of the Second Spanish Republic, the carnage of the Civil War and the hardships of the long post-war period and Franco's dictatorship — and survive until the sixties, when Spain was timidly beginning to change.
Mario y los perros
Himself (archivo footage)
An account of the childhood and youth of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010, and how the hard experiences he lived during these formative years led him to write and publish his first major work when he was only 26 years old.
Spanish Western
Self (archive footage)
A vindication of the role of the technicians and artists who made spaghetti western genre possible, and a walk through the landscapes that made it possible to recreate in Spain, mainly in the desert of Almería, hundreds of adventures set in the remote American Far West.
Operación Palace
Himself (archive footage)
Finally, 33 years later, the whole truth behind the attempted coup d'état that shook Spain on the afternoon of February 23, 1981, is revealed by those who lived through those dreadful hours; a deep look behind the heavy curtain which hides the real mastermind, waiting to be unmasked.
The Last Circus
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed.
A War in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Hollywood about it. The final defeat of the Spanish Republic left an open wound in the hearts of those who sympathized with its cause. The eventful life of screenwriter Alvah Bessie (1904-1985), one of the Hollywood Ten, serves to analyze this sadness, the tragedy of Spain and its consequences.
Últimos testigos
A film work made up of two different documentaries based on the same concept, made about and with the participation of Manuel Fraga and Santiago Carrillo.
De Madrid a la Luna
Himself
Hai que botalos
The films are a critical view of the social, economic, political, cultural and employment situation in Galicia. They have been made through the voluntary work of all the participants, including actors and actresses such as Luis Tosar and Mabel Ribera. People who have something to tell, and have chosen the screen as their medium.
Vota a Gundisalvo
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
¡Votad, votad, malditos!
Self (archive footage)
On June 14, 1977, the eve of the first democratic elections after Franco's regime, Llorenç Soler and his crew go out into the street and ask passers-by which party they are going to vote for.