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Cassandro

Changing the game, one match at a time.

6.7(136)20231h 46m2

The true story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso that rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • sports
  • transvestite
  • entertainer
  • texas
  • wrestling
  • biography
  • based on true story
  • lgbt
  • mexican
  • mother son relationship

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Mexico, United States of America

Where to watch

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival19 Jan 2023
    • PremiereTelluride Film Festival2 Sept 2023
    • Theatrical (limited)R15 Sept 2023
    • Digital / OTTRPrime Video21 Sept 2023
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical (limited)1515 Sept 2023
    • Digital / OTT15Prime Video22 Sept 2023
  • CanadaCA

    • Digital / OTT18A14 Sept 2023
  • FranceFR

    • Digital / OTT18Prime Video20 Sept 2023
  • GermanyDE

    • Digital / OTT12Prime Video22 Sept 2023
  • ItalyIT

    • Digital / OTTPrime Video22 Sept 2023
  • MexicoMX

    • Digital / OTTCPrime Video20 Sept 2023
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Digital / OTT1814 Sept 2023
  • Puerto RicoPR

    • Theatrical (limited)RFine Arts14 Sept 2023
    • Digital / OTTRPrime Video21 Sept 2023
  • RomaniaRO

    • Theatrical (limited)18+14 Sept 2023
  • SwedenSE

    • Digital / OTT1514 Sept 2023

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Cassandro was released on 14 September 2023.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    9/20/2023

    7/10

    Gael García Bernal is great in this entertaining biopic of the eponymous wrestler who rose from Texan oblivion and poverty to international acclaim. We learn fairly early on that he and his mother "Jocasta" (Perla De La Rosa) get by after his father abandoned them by working loads of different jobs and by him taking on the role of an "exotico" - a sort of "glamour" wrestler - in a makeshift garage where his job is to…

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