Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
CASSANDRO
Synopsis
Saúl Armendáriz—a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso—rises to international stardom after he creates the “exotico” character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre,” and in the process upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life.
Synopsis
Saúl Armendáriz—a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso—rises to international stardom after he creates the “exotico” character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre,” and in the process upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life.
Our take
A suitably flamboyant biopic of the queer Mexican wrestler and gay icon, Cassandro is a joyful, leopard-printed celebration of defiance and strength in the face of hostility. Gael García Bernal is perfectly poised to embody the so-called “Liberace of lucha libre”: tough, vulnerable, dazzling.