The read
It runs long at 2h 31m.
Synopsis
In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia Wilson, a masked wrestler who slept with her once but knows she's unbalanced. Don Lázaro warns Nacho about Lola, and Nacho knows his love will be unrequited, but he'll do anything, regardless of how degrading, to be near her. Lola, for her part, can be sadistic. Republican exiles who are regulars at the café encourage Lola's desire to assassinate Franco. Nacho in turn mixes this political mirage with his fascination with the plot of "The Mikado." Where do fantasies and obsessions lead?
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
138 audience votes
Key crew
- Arturo RipsteinDirector
- Max AubWriter
- Paz Alicia GarciadiegoWriter
Cast
- Juan DiegoGimeno-Mikado
- Ariadna GilLola
- Luis Felipe TovarNacho
- Patricia Reyes SpíndolaRaquel
- Julián PastorDon Lázaro
- Alberto EstrellaGardenia
- Daniel Giménez CachoToledano
- Eligio MeléndezDon Nemesio
- Carmen MadridImelda
- Carlos ChávezEzequiel
- Gonçalo DinizFabregats
Stills
Themes
virginprostitutelonelinesswaitersexual fetishmaster-slave relationship