El Cometa (1999)
After witnessing the arrest of her father for publishing "subversive" material against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, Valentina escapes taking a sack of gold coins with her in order to hand it over to rebel Francisco I. Madero, who is in San Antonio, Texas. That is how Valentina begins a long journey as a member of a traveling circus, where she finds love next to Victor, who, fascinated by the cinematographer, films everything that occurs before his eyes, in times of great political turbulence.
Directors:
Maryse Sistach, José Buil.
Writers:
Maryse Sistach, José Buil.
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Diego Luna as Victor |
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Ana Claudia Talancón as Valentina |
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Gabriel Retes as |
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Carmen Maura as |
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Rodolfo Arias as |
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Patrick Le Mauff as |
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Manuel Ojeda as |
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Arcelia Ramírez as |
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Juan Carlos Colombo as |
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Fernando Rubio as |
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Alfredo Gurrola as |
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José Antonio Coro as |
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Patricia Aguirre as |
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José Rodríguez Rolo as |
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Gonzalo Lora as |
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Juan Claudio Retes as |
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José Rodolfo Palacios as |
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Silverio Palacios as |
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Ricard Rivero as |
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Dagoberto Gama as |
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Carmen Herrera as |
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Isabel Martínez 'La Tarabilla' as |
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Pablo Delgado as |
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Gimena Fragoso as |
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Evelio Arias as |
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Noel Urbina as |
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Gabriel Fragoso as |
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Carlos Horcasitas as |
| Directing | Maryse Sistach | Director |
| Writing | Maryse Sistach | Screenplay |
| Writing | José Buil | Screenplay |
| Directing | José Buil | Director |
| Writing | Consuelo Garrido | Story Developer |
| Crew | Gabriel Berinstáin | Cinematography |
| Sound | Eduardo Gamboa | Music |