Cassandro (2023)
Die Lucha-Libre-Wrestling Szene in Mexiko ist ein hart umkämpftes Feld. Saúl Armendáriz ist ein schwuler Wrestler, der es leid ist, als langweiliger, maskierter Zwerg immer wieder die Kämpfe zu verlieren. Die neue Idee seiner Trainerin Sabrina ist die Entwicklung einer Exótico-Rolle. Exóticos sind unmaskierte, stereotype Wrestler, die schwule Karikaturen darstellen - und nie gewinnen. Als Saúl aber den extravaganten, starken Cassandro vorstellt, gewinnt er schnell die Zuneigung und Aufmerksamkeit des Publikums. Die zum internationalen Star aufgestiegene „Befreiung des Lucha Libre“ stellt dabei nicht nur die Welt des Macho-Wrestlings auf den Kopf. Saúl muss sich bald fragen, wie sich sein Erfolg auf die Beziehungen zu seiner Mutter und seinem heimlichen Liebhaber Gerardo auswirkt.
Der Regisseur:
Roger Ross Williams
Die Autor:
Roger Ross Williams, David Teague.
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Gael García Bernal as Saúl "Cassandro" |
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Roberta Colindrez as Sabrina |
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Perla de la Rosa as Yocasta |
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Joaquín Cosío as Lorenzo |
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Raúl Castillo as Gerardo |
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El Hijo del Santo as El Hijo del Santo |
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Bad Bunny as Felipe |
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Gigántico as Murder Clown |
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Yavor Vesselinov as Pete |
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Leonardo Alonso as El Mysterioso |
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Gilberto Barraza as Comandante Gómez |
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Carmen Ledesma as Rosie |
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Javier Escobar as Masked Massacre |
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Lorenzo Constantini as Cousin Thiago |
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Jorge Andrés Zerecero as Young Saúl |
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Robert Salas as Eduardo |
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Ronald Gonzales-Trujillo as Young Eduardo |
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Sofía Félix as Young Yocasta |
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Eduardo Cayetano as Diablo |
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Joseph Gabriel Rodríguez as Ruben |
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Julieta Ortiz as Candance |
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Mark Vasconcellos as Dante |
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Yolanda Abbud L. as Older Maid |
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Víctor Ismael Pinillos as CD Juarez Announcer |
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Norman Elizondo as Man at CDMX Club |
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Luis J. Sánchez as El Paso TX Announcer |
| Production | JC Molina | Production Designer |
| Production | Luis Rosales | Casting |
| Art | Vanessa Bryant | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Matías Penachino | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tomás Barreiro | Music |
| Art | Margarita Laborde | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | María Estela Fernández | Costume Designer |
| Editing | Sabine Hoffman | Editor |
| Editing | Yibrán Asuad | Editor |
| Editing | Affonso Gonçalves | Editor |
| Production | Steve Tisch | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Marcelo Zarvos | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Atenea Téllez | Hair Department Head |
| Production | Mariana Rodríguez Cabarga | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Itzel Peña | Makeup Designer |
| Visual Effects | Thomas Boda | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Sebastian Perez Aguayo | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Eduardo Castillo | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | JC Molina | Production Design |
| Sound | Raúl Locatelli | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Mauricio Juárez García | Foley Mixer |
| Crew | Carlos Zuñiga | Stunt Double |
| Directing | Christina Salgado | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Marisela Suárez | Foley Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ana Ivette Frias | Costume Coordinator |
| Crew | Balo Bucio | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Christopher Clements | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Jason Blumenthal | Executive Producer |
| Production | Matías Penachino | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Carlos Cruz Suazo | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Odin Ayala | Stunts |
| Production | Gael García Bernal | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alberto Muffelmann | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Vinny Alfano | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Gerardo Islas Bulnes | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michelle Couttolenc | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Javier Umpierrez | Sound Designer |
| Production | David Bloomfield | Producer |
| Production | Paula Amor | Executive Producer |
| Production | Carolyn Hepburn | Co-Executive Producer |
| Sound | Jaime Baksht | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Alberto Ojeda Muñoz | "A" Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mónica Mechoulam | Set Costumer |
| Production | Luis Ángel Vázquez | Casting Coordinator |
| Sound | Javier Umpierrez | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Camera | Alberto Ojeda Muñoz | Steadicam Operator |
| Production | Ted Hope | Producer |
| Production | Todd Black | Producer |
| Directing | Roger Ross Williams | Director |
| Writing | Roger Ross Williams | Screenplay |
| Writing | David Teague | Screenplay |
| Production | Julie Goldman | Producer |
| Editing | Chris Tenzis | Assistant Editor |
