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.
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Cast
- Fernando LujánEl coronel
- Marisa ParedesLola
- Salma Hayek PinaultJulia
- Rafael InclánPadre Ángel
- Ernesto YáñezDon Sabas
- Daniel Giménez CachoNogales
- Esteban SoberanesGermán
- Patricia Reyes SpíndolaJacinta
- Eligio MeléndezSotero
- Odiseo BichirDr. Pardo
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- Arturo RipsteinDirector
- Paz Alicia GarciadiegoScreenplay
- Gabriel García MárquezNovel
- Guillermo GranilloDirector of Photography
- David MansfieldOriginal Music Composer
- Fernando PardoEditor
- Jorge SánchezProducer
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