Saúl Armendáriz’s life story can be hitting screens, massive and small, to recount his eventful profession as Cassandro, a luchador exotico.
Even when skilled wrestling will not be everybody’s cup of tea, quite a few tales behind the sports activities leisure phenomena are often fairly participating. Darren Aronofsky has been capable of give a heartbreaking look into the advanced life utilizing numerous real-life inspirations for his movie, The Wrestler. We may even be getting an equally tough drama with the upcoming Von Erich biopic, The Iron Claw. Even a lighter, extra inspiring movie like Combating with My Household can show to be simply as compelling. Prime Video has simply launched a trailer for a movie that provides us a take a look at the Mexican legacy of professional wrestling, the Lucha Libre, with Cassandro. The movie is a biopic of real-life luchador, Saúl Armendáriz.
The official synopsis from Prime Video reads,
“Saúl Armendáriz, a homosexual novice wrestler from El Paso, rises to worldwide stardom after he creates the character ‘Cassandro,’ the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” Within the course of, he upends not simply the macho wrestling world, but additionally his personal life. Based mostly on a real story. Directed by Academy Award® winner Roger Ross Williams.”
The movie stars Gael García Bernal, identified for his acclaimed efficiency within the Academy Award-nominated movie Amores Perros from 2000, directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Though audiences might acknowledge Bernal extra not too long ago from M. Evening Shyamalan’s Outdated, the MCU Disney+ collection Werewolf by Evening, and Netflix’s The Mom with Jennifer Lopez. Cassandro additionally stars Roberta Colindrez, Perla de la Rosa, Joaquín Cosío, and Raúl Castillo, with particular appearances from El Hijo del Santo and Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. The actual Saúl Armendáriz served as a advisor on the movie.
The screenplay was written by David Teague & Roger Ross Williams. Roger Ross Williams can be on board because the director. Gael García Bernal, Paula Amor, Mariana Rodríguez Cabarga, A. Müffelmann, Matías Penachino, David Teague, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch are all govt producers on the movie. Producers of the film embody Gerardo Gatica, Todd Black, David Bloomfield, Ted Hope, and Julie Goldman.
Cassandro is ready to display screen in choose theaters on September 15. Then, it will likely be streaming globally on Prime Video on September 22.
