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Cassandro is a 2023 American biographical drama film directed by Roger Ross Williams from a screenplay co-wrote by Williams and David Teague. It stars Gael García Bernal, Roberta Colindrez, Perla De La Rosa, Joaquín Cosío, Raúl Castillo, El Hijo del Santo and Bad Bunny.
Gael García Bernal steals hearts as the charismatic Cassandro in this feel-good biopic about a wrestler that triumphs in the macho world of Lucha Libre while embracing his true self.
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- Drama, Biography, Comedy, LGBTQ+
- R
Sep 15, 2023 · Co-written by Williams and David Teague, "Cassandro" follows the rise of Saúl Armendáriz, a lucha libre wrestler who finds success when he leaves behind traditional luchador dreams and begins fighting as an exótico, or a male wrestler who performs in drag.
Sep 21, 2023 · Gael García Bernal plays a flamboyant figure taking the world of Mexican professional wrestling by storm in this underdog drama directed by Roger Ross Williams. Based on a real star of Mexican ...
Sep 17, 2023 · Cassandro review – Gael García Bernal is phenomenal as flamboyantly camp Mexican wrestler. García Bernal goes all out as the ‘Liberace of Lucha Libre’ in Roger Ross Williams’s...
Sep 15, 2023 · Our guide to this world is Saúl Armendáriz, a real-life lucha libre queer pioneer, wonderfully played here as a scrappy up-and-comer by Gael García Bernal. Saúl is an outsider, and not just...
Jan 21, 2023 · Jan 20, 2023 8:33pm PT. ‘Cassandro’ Review: Gael García Bernal’s Lovable Luchador Is the Queer Hero You Didn’t Know You Needed. Roger Ross Williams nimbly maneuvers past the clichés in the...
