Movie: No One Writes to the Colonel

Top 10 Billed Cast

Fernando Luján
Fernando Luján

El coronel

Marisa Paredes
Marisa Paredes

Lola

Salma Hayek Pinault
Salma Hayek Pinault

Julia

Rafael Inclán
Rafael Inclán

Padre Ángel

Ernesto Yáñez
Ernesto Yáñez

Don Sabas

Daniel Giménez Cacho
Daniel Giménez Cacho

Nogales

Esteban Soberanes
Esteban Soberanes

Germán

Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Patricia Reyes Spíndola

Jacinta

Eligio Meléndez
Eligio Meléndez

Sotero

Odiseo Bichir
Odiseo Bichir

Dr. Pardo

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    Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. But the townsfolk all know that this pension will never come. His wife also knows it, and even he knows it. But he is still waiting, living with the pain of the death of his son.

  • Release Date

    1999-06-02

  • Average

    4.8

  • Rating:

    2.4 starts
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