

Cassandro, The Exotico!
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- Critics Consensus 85%
- HD
- CC
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- Documentary
- 1 Hour 17 Minutes
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Famed as much for his flamboyant drag and sky-high pompadour as for his show-stopping kicks and flips, legendary lucha libre star Cassandro’s trailblazing ascent as one the industry’s first openly gay wrestlers has resonated internationally for a quarter century. A prize-winning fighter who reinvented a staunchly macho sport, Cassandro exudes resilience of all kinds - from the physical power to leave his opponents KOed, to an ability to revisit past trauma and cope with the scars of a body pushed to its limits. His story - of an underdog and a queer icon, simultaneously fragile and mighty - is ever more evocative as it unfolds on both sides of the Mexican-American border. Award-winning filmmaker Marie Losier captures the moving, at times humorous, and always colorful dualities of this legendary figure with her talent for forging intimacy with a subject, while celebrating his individuality broadly. Melding tender encounters and larger-than-life fight scenes into a stylish whole that reflects the vivid textures and hues of a dazzling life in sport, this stirring feature portrait of lucha libre star Cassandro's waning years in the ring is less a swan song than a meteor shower rendered in Technicolor.
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Famed as much for his flamboyant drag and sky-high pompadour as for his show-stopping kicks and flips, legendary lucha libre star Cassandro’s trailblazing ascent as one the industry’s first openly gay wrestlers has resonated internationally for a quarter century. A prize-winning fighter who reinvented a staunchly macho sport, Cassandro exudes resilience of all kinds - from the physical power to leave his opponents KOed, to an ability to revisit past trauma and cope with the scars of a body pushed to its limits. His story - of an underdog and a queer icon, simultaneously fragile and mighty - is ever more evocative as it unfolds on both sides of the Mexican-American border. Award-winning filmmaker Marie Losier captures the moving, at times humorous, and always colorful dualities of this legendary figure with her talent for forging intimacy with a subject, while celebrating his individuality broadly. Melding tender encounters and larger-than-life fight scenes into a stylish whole that reflects the vivid textures and hues of a dazzling life in sport, this stirring feature portrait of lucha libre star Cassandro's waning years in the ring is less a swan song than a meteor shower rendered in Technicolor.
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Ratings and Reviews
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Cast & Crew
- Cast
- Cassandro
- Director
- Marie Losier
- Producers
- Antione Barraud
- Carole Chassaing-Lacroix
- Screenwriter
- Marie Losier
- Antione Barraud
Information
- Studio
- Film Movement
- Genre
- Documentary
- Released
- Copyright
- © 2019 Film Movement
Languages
- Primary
- English (Dolby 5.1, Stereo, CC)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.