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Cassandro

FromRoger Ross Williams

WithGael García Bernal, Roberta Colindrez, Perla De La Rosa, Bad Bunny

Year2023

Duration107min.

LanguageEnglish

Not a documentary, and not to be confused with Cassandro, the Exótico! (2018), this action- and emotion-driven adaptation of Cassandro's life story for the big screen is the feature film debut of documentary filmmaker and Oscar winner Roger Ross Williams: In Cassandro, we experience the whole range of wrestling themes — from the struggle for existence to the promise of salvation through social advancement to the triumphant discovery of identity beyond all expectations — through the prism of queerness in a surprisingly digestible biopic.

The cast is also astonishing: Gael García Bernal (known from Science of Sleep and The Motorcycle Diaries) plays the exalted Exótico alongside none other than Bad Bunny (known as the most streamed artist in music history and occasional WWE wrestler) and Mexican extra queen Roberta Colindrez (known from Girls, I Love Dick and Birdman). El Hijo del Santo also stars (known from wrestling as, of course, El Hijo del Santo).