Cassandro (2023)
The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life.
Director:
Roger Ross Williams
Writers:
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 |