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El CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA (1999)

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Film details

Featuring

Fernando Lujan Marisa Paredes Salma Hayek
Director

Arturo Ripstein
Countries

Spain France Mexico
Year

1999
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

PAS DE LETTRE POUR LE COLONEL Alternative
NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL Alternative

Synopsis

Drama. An elderly colonel lives with his ailing wife in a small town on the Mexican coast. Their only son having died recently, the couple are finding it hard to manage financially. The colonel has been waiting many years for his army pension; his only other hope for another source of money is a fighting cockerel which had belonged to his son. The colonel's wife is insistent that the cockerel be sold, much to the displeasure of her husband's wishes; he in turn is just as stubborn in refusing to acquiesce.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - the colonel
    
    Fernando Lujan
  - Lola
    
    Marisa Paredes
  - Julia
    
    Salma Hayek
  - Father Angel
    
    Rafael Inclán
  - Don Sabas
    
    Ernesto Yanez
  - Nogales
    
    Daniel Giménez Cacho
  - German
    
    Esteban Soberones
  - Jacinta
    
    Patricia Reyes Spíndola
  - Dr Pardo
    
    Odiseo Bichir
  - Lugones
    
    Julián Pastor
  - Alvaro
    
    Eugenio Lobo
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Arturo Ripstein
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Amaranta Foundation of New Latin American Cinema
  - Production Company
    
    Gardenia Producciones
  - Production Company
    
    Tornasol Films
  - Production Company
    
    D.M.V.B. Films
  - Production Company
    
    IMCINE
  - Production Company
    
    Fondo para la producción cinematográfica de calidad
  - [Production Company]
    
    Tabasco Films
  - With participation of
    
    Canal+
  - With participation of
    
    TVE Televisión Española
  - Executive Producer
    
    Laura Imperiale
  - Executive Producer
    
    Mariela Besuievsky
  - Producer
    
    Jorge Sánchez
  - Co-producer
    
    Gerardo Herrero
  - Co-producer
    
    Thierry Forte
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Paz Alicia Garciadiego
  - Based on the novel by
    
    Gabriel García Márquez
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Guillermo Granillo
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Fernando Pardo
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Antonio Muñohierro
  Costumes:
  - Costume Designer
    
    Guadalupe Sánchez
  Music:
  - Music
    
    David Mansfield
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Jorge Ruiz

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