Cassandro
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United States · 2023
1h 39m
Director Roger Ross Williams
Starring Gael García Bernal, Roberta Colindrez, Mark Vasconcellos, Andrea Pazmino
Genre
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This film tells the story of of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler who becomes a star after adopting the "exotico" persona of Cassandro. Exoticos are lucha libre wrestlers who perform in drag in defiance of macho culture. Saúl's unexpected popularity as Cassandro causes conflict in Saúl's personal and wrestling life.
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