Manuel Zarzo’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Manuel Zarzo has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1980s.
Recurring themes

A New Leaf
1971
Comedy · Romance

Moonstruck
1987
Comedy · Drama

A Pain in the Ass
1973
Comedy · Drama

Arthur
1981
Comedy · Drama

Irma la Douce
1963
Romance · Comedy

Father Goose
1964
Adventure · Comedy

Pygmalion
1938
Comedy · Drama

Steel Magnolias
1989
Comedy · Drama

Construction worker Oreste and young fiancee Adelaide meet Nello, a cook in a pizzeria. This love triangle often goes to communist rallies, and enjoys the filthy beaches of Ostia. Will the hostile environment pave a way to jealousy?
Dir. Ettore Scola · With Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Giancarlo Giannini

as Padre Tomeo
A rich businessman is fed up with work, family, society, and goes with his accountant to Africa, in search of his brother-in-law who had vanished there in mysterious circumstances. They will find him alright - as a tribal chief, surrounded with lots of topless, shapely wives. They are going to return to civilisation, but will their friend come with them?
Dir. Ettore Scola · With Alberto Sordi, Bernard Blier, Nino Manfredi
After her drug pusher boyfriend overdoses on heroin, a cabaret singer finds refuge from the authorities in a convent for fallen women.
Dir. Pedro Almodóvar · With Cristina Sánchez Pascual, Will More, Laura Cepeda

as Colonel Donahue (as Manolo Zarzo)
A reporter and his doctor wife try to escape from the hordes of bloodthirsty, undead people exposed to nuclear radioactivity as military leaders fight a losing war of attrition against the relentless attacks.
Dir. Umberto Lenzi · With Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter, Maria Rosaria Omaggio
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