La mujer del ministro

La mujer del ministro
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEloy de la Iglesia
Screenplay byEloy de la Iglesia
Gonzalo Goicoechea
Raúl Alcántara
Ángel Sastre
Starring
CinematographyCarlos Suárez
Edited byJosé Salcedo
Music byAlfonso Santisteban
Production
companies
Alborada
Plamitex
Cektisur
Release date
  • 27 August 1981 (1981-08-27)
Running time
101 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • México
LanguageSpanish
Budget25,000,000
Box office477.126 €

La mujer del ministro (The Minister’s Wife) is a 1981 Spanish-Mexican film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia and starring Manuel Torres, Simón Andreu and Amparo Muñoz. The complex plot mixes terrorism, politics, corruption and sex in the convoluted politic environment during the so-called Spanish Transition. The film is notable for its lesbian subplot. It was classified S as pornographic for a nude scene in a sauna.[1]

  1. ^ Bentley, A Companion to Spanish Cinema, p. 235