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Spanish. No One Writes to the Colonel ( Spanish: El coronel no tiene quien le escriba) is a 1999 Spanish-language film directed by Arturo Ripstein. It was an international co-production between France, Spain and Mexico. It is based on the eponymous novella by Colombian author and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez .
Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. But the townsfolk all know that this pension will never come. His wife also knows it, and even he knows it. But he is still waiting, living with the pain of the death of his son.
- (93)
- 1999
- El coronel; Lola; Julia
- Arturo Ripstein
The Russian rock band Bi-2 had written the song Полковнику никто не пишет (Russian translation for No One Writes to the Colonel) that was included in the soundtrack of the Russian film Brother 2. Release details. 1958, "El coronel no tiene quien le escriba," in Mito Revista Bimestral de Cultura v. IV no. 19 (May-June 1958)
- Gabriel García Márquez, J. S. Bernstein
- El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
- 1961
- 1961
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Salma Hayek stars in this acclaimed drama about the life of a retired colonel and his colorful neighbors in the Colombian countryside plagued by corruption and political repression. Based on the novella by Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez. (Spanish with English subtitles). 40 IMDb 6.6 1 h 52 min 1999.
Rent No One Writes to the Colonel on Fandango at Home, or buy it on Fandango at Home. An elderly veteran (the Colonel), waits for his pension patiently, hoping it will come in each Friday's mail ...
- (18)
- Arturo Ripstein
- Drama
- Fernando Luján
Released , 'No One Writes to the Colonel' stars Fernando Luján, Marisa Paredes, Salma Hayek Pinault, Rafael Inclán The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 58 min, and received a user score of 50 ...
May 24, 1999 · Confirming Arturo Ripstein's standing as Mexico's foremost auteur, "No One Writes to the Colonel" is a deeply moving adaptation of one of Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez's finest works.
