Adolfo Suárez, el presidente
Adolfo Suárez, el presidente is a Spanish biopic television movie aired as two-part miniseries directed by Sergio Cabrera. It originally aired on Antena 3 from 27 January to 3 February 2010. It deals about the life of prime minister Adolfo Suárez, who is portrayed by Ginés García Millán.
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| Genre | Biopic | 
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| Directed by | Sergio Cabrera | 
| Starring | Ginés García Millán | 
| Country of origin | Spain | 
| Original language | Spanish | 
| No. of seasons | 1 | 
| No. of episodes | 2 | 
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| Release | |
| Original network | Antena 3 | 
| Original release | 27 January – 3 February 2010  | 
Plot
    
The fiction dramatises the Adolfo Suárez's political career and personal life during the Francoist dictatorship and the Transition up until his resignation as prime minister in 1981.
Cast
    
- Ginés García Millán as Adolfo Suárez.[1]
 - Toni Acosta as Amparo Illana.[1]
 - Fernando Cayo as Don Juan Carlos.[1]
 - Jesús Noguero as Abril Martorell.[1]
 - Juana Acosta as Carmen Díez de Rivera.[1]
 - Ramón Barea as Alfonso Armada.[2]
 - Mario Pardo as Gutiérrez Mellado.[1]
 - Mariano Venancio as Torcuato Fernández-Miranda.[2]
 - Eusebio Lázaro as López Rodó.[3]
 - Francisco Merino as Francisco Franco.[4]
 - Pepo Oliva as Herrero Tejedor.[1]
 - Pep Cortés as Santiago Carrillo.[5]
 - Luis Rallo as Felipe González.[2]
 - Julio Vélez as Emiliano.[3]
 
Production and release
    
The series was written by Juan Carlos Rubio and Carlos Asorey Brey and directed by Sergio Cabrera.[6] Produced by Antena 3 Films alongside Europroducciones,[2] filming started in late August 2009.[7] It was shot in the provinces of Segovia, Ávila and the Madrid region.[6] Consisting of two episodes featuring a running time of around 70 minutes,[6] the miniseries premiered on 27 January 2010. The first part earned 3,059,000 viewers (15.6% audience share), whereas the second part, aired on 3 February 2010, earned 2,832,000 viewers (16.2% audience share).[8]
References
    
- Fernández, Eduardo (27 January 2010). "Adolfo Suárez, el presidente 'inabarcable'". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
 - "Antena 3 inicia el rodaje de la película para televisión sobre la vida de Adolfo Suárez". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 20 August 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
 - Bellido Acevedo, Gema (2014). Ficción y no ficción en las miniseries españolas contemporáneas (PDF). Madrid: Complutense University of Madrid. p. 312.
 - "9 ficciones españolas que convirtieron a Franco en un personaje". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 20 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
 - "Muere el actor Pep Cortés a los 74 años". Bluper (in Spanish). El Español. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
 - ""Adolfo Suárez, el presidente", política-ficción en Antena 3". Panorama Audiovisual (in Spanish). 29 January 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
 - "La vida de Adolfo Suárez en Antena 3". La Provincia (in Spanish). 18 January 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
 - Bellido Acevedo 2014, p. 313.