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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Credits
Director:
- Roger Ross Williams
Cast:
- Gael García Bernal
- Roberta Colindrez
- Perla De La Rosa
- Joaquín Cosio
- Raúl Castillo
- El Hijo del Santo
- Bad Bunny
Writers:
- David Teague
- Roger Ross Williams
Producers:
- Alberto Muffelmann
- Carolyn Hepburn
- Christopher Clements
- David J. Bloomfield
- David Teague
- Gael García Bernal
- Gerardo Gatica González
- Jason Blumenthal
- Julie Goldman
- Mariana Rodriguez Cabarga
- Matias Penachino
- Paula Amor
- Regina Valdés
- Steve Tisch
- Ted Hope
- Todd Black
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