Cassandro (2023)
Changing the game, one match at a time.
107 min
The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that 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.
- Release date
- January 20, 2023
- Country of origin
- United States, Mexico
Trailer
Cast
- Gael García Bernal as Saúl 'Cassandro'
- Roberta Colindrez as Sabrina
- Perla De La Rosa as Yocasta
- Joaquín Cosio as Lorenzo
- Raúl Castillo as Gerardo
- Gigántico as Murder Clown
- Yves Garvy as Pete
- Leonardo Alonso as El Mysterioso
- Carmen Ledesma as Rosie
- Javier Escobar as Masked Massacre
Crew
- Roger Ross Williams · Director
- David Teague · Writer
- Roger Ross Williams · Writer
- Todd Black · Producer
- David J. Bloomfield · Producer
- Gerardo Gatica González · Producer
- Julie Goldman · Producer
- Marcelo Zarvos · Composer
- Matias Penachino · Cinematographer
- Yibran Asuad · Editor
- Affonso Gonçalves · Editor
- Sabine Hoffman · Editor
- Luis Rosales · Casting director
- Jc Molina · Production designer