In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia Wilson, a masked wrestler who slept with her once but knows she's unbalanced. Don Lázaro warns Nacho about Lola, and Nacho knows his love will be unrequited, but he'll do anything, regardless of how degrading, to be near her. Lola, for her part, can be sadistic. Republican exiles who are regulars at the café encourage Lola's desire to assassinate Franco. Nacho in turn mixes this political mirage with his fascination with the plot of "The Mikado." Where do fantasies and obsessions lead?
Arturo Ripstein
Director
Max Aub
Writer
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Writer

Juan Diego
Gimeno-Mikado

Ariadna Gil
Lola

Luis Felipe Tovar
Nacho

Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Raquel

Julián Pastor
Don Lázaro

Alberto Estrella
Gardenia

Daniel Giménez Cacho
Toledano

Eligio Meléndez
Don Nemesio

Carmen Madrid
Imelda
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White Palace65%
Son de mar59%
Two Moon Junction60%
Fifty Shades Darker65%
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Intimacy62%
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Heavy66%