Cabaret Arcángel

Cabaret Arcángel (2004)

Cabaret Arcángel is a satirical tale unfolding in real time inside a nightclub frequented by Mexico’s cultural elite. Poet Felipe Alekine attempts to upstage blues musician Lalo Tex with his pretentious poem, while his young mistress Valeria asks notorious criminal El Rolo to murder him to win her favor. Fearing the power of the cultural establishment, El Rolo refuses. Meanwhile, an amphibious man living in a fish tank watches the show. He loves Lalo Tex’s music and despises Alekine’s pretentiousness. When a .38-caliber pistol falls into the tank, the creature uses it to shoot the poet, delivering an unexpected act of “justice.” El Rolo’s fate becomes intertwined with the fish-man’s, while the consequences of this strange, possibly criminal act are left to the viewer.

Director: Juan N. López Reyes

Casts

	Luis de Icaza as Felipe Alekine
	Xavier Velasco as Rolo
	Claudine Sosa as Valeria
	Jin Sahn Fung as Hombre-pez
	Lalo Tex as Cantante de blues
	David Rencoret as Culterano
	Huberto Batis as Arcángel

Crew