No One Writes to the Colonel
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Arturo Ripstein
Fernando Luján
Salma Hayek
Marisa Paredes
Ernesto Yanez
Rafael Inclan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Every Friday for longer than the locals can remember, the Colonel waits by the dock for a letter announcing the arrival of the government pension he has been promised year after year. Too blinded by the shame of his poverty, he waits in vain, solemnly believing that he will get what he is due rather than tending to the hunger that ravishes his family members.
Director
Arturo Ripstein
Cast
Fernando Luján
Salma Hayek
Marisa Paredes
Ernesto Yanez
Rafael Inclan
Daniel Giménez Cacho
Esteban Soberones
Patricia Reyes Spindola
Odiseo Bichir
Julian Pastor
Eugenio Lobo
Crew
Mariela Besuievsky
Thierry Forte
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Miren Gea
Guillermo Granillo
Gerardo Herrero
Laura Imperiale
David Mansfield
Gabriel García Márquez
Antonio Munohierro
Fernando Pardo
Jorge Ruiz
Guadalupe Sanchez
Jorge Sanchez
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Co-winner, along with Luis Estrada's "Herod's Law," of the Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States January 2000
Released in United States October 1999
Released in United States on Video June 10, 2003
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival October 14-23, 1999.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 26 - February 6, 2000.
Began shooting July 6, 1998.
Completed shooting August 22, 1998.
Ventanarosa is Salma Hayek's production company.
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 26 - February 6, 2000.)
Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) January 20-30, 2000.)
Released in United States on Video June 10, 2003
Released in United States October 1999 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival October 14-23, 1999.)
