Esquilache is a 1989 Spanish film directed by Josefina Molina. The film stars Fernando Fernán Gómez as Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache. 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.
Plot
The film dramatizes the Esquilache Riots, a popular uprising in Madrid in 1766 against the reforms of Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquis of Esquilache, the minister of King Charles III. The unrest begins as opposition to restrictions on traditional clothing and develops into a wider protest against the government's policies, leading to violence and political turmoil.
Cast Fernando Fernán Gómez as Esquilache José Luis López Vázquez as Antonio Campos Ángela Molina as Fernanda Ángel de Andrés as Marqués de la Ensenada Concha Velasco as Pastora Patermo Adolfo Marsillach as Carlos III Amparo Rivelles as Isabel de Farnesio Alberto Closas as Duque de Villasanta Tito Valverde as Bernardo
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