72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA / No-one Writes to the Colonel

ARTURO RIPSTEIN
Mexico - France - Spain      120 m.
Synopsis
Adapted to cinema by Paz-Alicia García Diego, El coronel no tiene quien le escriba, one of the most famous books by Nobel Prizewinner Gabriel García Márquez, is one of Arturo Ripstein's most personal films. The Mexican director has not simply translated the text into images, but has transformed the work until making it his own. Marisa Paredes and the Mexican actor Fernando Luján hold a top order acting duel.
Director
ARTURO RIPSTEIN
Screenplay
Paz-Alicia Garciadiego
Plot
Gabriel García Márquez
Photography
Guillermo Granillo
Edition
Fernando Pardo
Music
David Mansfield
Cast
Marisa Paredes, Fernando Luj‡n, Salma Hayek
Running Time
120 m.
Country
Mexico - France - Spain
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