Pas de lettre pour le colonel (1999)
Tous les vendredis, le colonel - vêtu de son costume - attend, solennel sur le quai de la gare, la lettre qui doit lui annoncer le versement de la pension qu'on lui a promise. Tous les habitants de son village savent qu'il attend en vain. Même sa femme en est persuadée. Mais le colonel continue à nier l’évidence. Chez lui, on meurt de faim. Sa femme est un sac d'os secouée de quintes de toux. Contre la misère, contre la faim, contre sa femme qui demande sans cesse : "Que mangerons-nous?", la réponse du colonel, ruminée depuis vingt ans est : "Nous mangerons de la merde!"
Directeur:
Arturo Ripstein
écrivain:
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
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Fernando Luján as El coronel |
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Marisa Paredes as Lola |
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Salma Hayek Pinault as Julia |
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Rafael Inclán as Padre Ángel |
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Ernesto Yáñez as Don Sabas |
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Daniel Giménez Cacho as Nogales |
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Esteban Soberanes as Germán |
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Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Jacinta |
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Eligio Meléndez as Sotero |
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Odiseo Bichir as Dr. Pardo |
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Julián Pastor as Lugones |
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Eugenio Lobo as Álvaro |
| Directing | Arturo Ripstein | Director |
| Writing | Gabriel García Márquez | Novel |
| Sound | David Mansfield | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Mayra Segura | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jorge Ruiz | Sound |
| Production | Manuel Teil | Casting |
| Production | Gerardo Herrero | Co-Producer |
| Production | Thierry Forte | Co-Producer |
| Production | Laura Imperiale | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mariela Besuievsky | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guadalupe Sánchez | Costume Design |
| Art | Antonio Muñohierro | Art Direction |
| Editing | Fernando Pardo | Editor |
| Camera | Guillermo Granillo | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Paz Alicia Garciadiego | Screenplay |
| Production | Jorge Sánchez | Producer |
| Directing | Hugo Gutiérrez | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nela Fernández | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Claudio Contreras | Set Decoration |
| Art | Sandra Cabriada | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Darío Ramos | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Tomás Rodríguez | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Dionisio Horwath | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Pedro Alanís | Paint Coordinator |
| Art | Aristeo Ruiz | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Mario Alfaro | Property Master |
| Directing | Mariana Gironella | Script Supervisor |