“Changing the game, one match at a time.”
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.
Roger Ross Williams
David Bloomfield
Ted Hope
Todd Black
Roger Ross Williams
David Teague
Matías Penachino
Marcelo Zarvos
Gael García Bernal
Saúl "Cassandro"
Roberta Colindrez
Sabrina
Perla de la Rosa
Yocasta
Joaquín Cosío
Lorenzo
Raúl Castillo
Gerardo
El Hijo del Santo
El Hijo del Santo
Bad Bunny
Felipe
Gigántico
Murder Clown
Yavor Vesselinov
Pete
Leonardo Alonso
El Mysterioso
Gilberto Barraza
Comandante Gómez
Carmen Ledesma
Rosie
... and 14 more
CinemaSerf
Gael García Bernal is great in this entertaining biopic of the eponymous wrestler who rose from Texan oblivion and poverty to international acclaim. We learn fairly early on that he and his mother "Jocasta" (Perla De La Rosa) get by after his father abandoned them by working loads of different jobs ...
CASSANDRO - Q&A | Gael Garcia Bernal & Crew | Film Independent Presents
Featurette • YouTube
Cassandro Prepares for the Ring
Clip • YouTube
No Mask [Subtitled]
Clip • YouTube
Teaser Trailer [Subtitled]
Teaser • YouTube
Teaser [Subtitled]
Teaser • YouTube
Real Person
Clip • YouTube
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