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| Amazon Prime Video | Release Date: September 15, 2023 |
Starring:
Andrea Pazmino, Bad Bunny, Carmen Ledesma, Emily Van Raay, Gael García Bernal, Gigantico, Javier Escobar, Joaquín Cosio, Julieta Ortiz, Leonardo Alonso, Mark Vasconcellos, Perla De La Rosa, Raúl Castillo, Roberta Colindrez, Silvana Jakich, Yavor Vesselinov
Movie Facts:
- Stream on Prime Video September 22, 2023.
Summary:
Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, 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.
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Jan 21, 2023
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Jan 21, 2023
Glowing with García Bernal’s magnetism, “Cassandro” balances the triumphant exaltation of Arbendáriz’s singular evolution as a trailblazer who didn’t set out to become one, with the obvious, still not entirely eliminated bigotry that made his trajectory so significant and groundbreaking in the first place.
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Jan 21, 2023
Seasoned documentarian Roger Ross Williams, who profiled Armendáriz in 2016 for the Amazon series The New Yorker Presents, makes an assured transition into narrative features with this entertaining biopic, which doubles as a gorgeous depiction of mother-son love and an exhilarating exploration of fearless queer identity in a macho environment.
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