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Nacho Libre is a 2006 sports comedy film written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and Mike White, and directed by Jared Hess. It stars Jack Black as Ignacio, a Catholic friar and secret lucha libre fan who moonlights as a luchador to earn money for the orphanage where he works.
Jun 16, 2006 · Nacho Libre: Directed by Jared Hess. With Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Héctor Jiménez, Darius Rose. Berated all his life by those around him, a monk follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a Luchador (Mexican wrestler).
Jun 16, 2006 · Feb 14, 2020. Ignacio (Jack Black), or Nacho to his friends, works as a cook in the Mexican monastery where he grew up. The monastery is home to a host of orphans whom Nacho cares for deeply,...
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Nacho (Black) is a monastery cook, who spends his day feeding orphans and being overlooked by the monastery. When Sister Encarnación (Reguera) arrive at the monastery, Nacho realises that the only way to win her affection and to save the children, will be by competing as a Luchador wrestler.
Jun 15, 2006 · Roger Ebert June 15, 2006. Tweet. Brother Ignacio (Jack Black, airborne), hoping for fame, fortune and better food to cook for his orphans, becomes a masked wrestler in the comedy "Nacho Libre." Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Other Ebert reviews of Jack Black movies: "High Fidelity". "Jesus' Son". "School Of Rock".
Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador 'Nacho Libre' to earn money for the monastery - not to mention the admiration of beautiful nun Sister Encarnacion.
Jun 16, 2006 · 1h 32m. By Manohla Dargis. June 16, 2006. GENTLER than Jim Carrey, more playful than Ben Stiller, able to leap tall tales in a single bound, Jack Black is the one guy in American movie theaters...
