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14/09/2023 Drama 1h 46m
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Changing the game, one match at a time.

Overview

The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life.

  1. Roger Ross Williams

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Gael García Bernal

    Saúl "Cassandro"

  2. Roberta Colindrez

    Sabrina

  3. Perla de la Rosa

    Yocasta

  4. Joaquín Cosío

    Lorenzo

  5. Raúl Castillo

    Gerardo

  6. El Hijo del Santo

    El Hijo del Santo

  7. Bad Bunny

    Felipe

  8. Gigántico

    Murder Clown

  9. Yavor Vesselinov

    Pete

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-09-20
Gael García Bernal is great in this entertaining biopic of the eponymous wrestler who rose from Texan oblivion and poverty to international acclaim. We learn fairly early on that he and his mother "Jocasta" (Perla De La Rosa) get by after his father abandoned them by working loads of different jobs and by him taking on the role of an "exotico" - a sort of "glamour" wrestler - in a makeshift garage where his job is to camp things up and then get beaten by a guy twice his size. Aside from the fact that it hurts, he decides that he wants a new home for him and his mum, and that he also has the s...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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