o Nick-Davis.com: No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel
aka El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
First screened in May 2020
Director: Arturo Ripstein. Cast: Fernando Luján, Marisa Paredes, Ernesto Yáñez, Salma Hayek, Rafael Inclán, Daniel Gimánez Cacho, Esteban Soberanes, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Odiseo Bichir, Julián Pastor, Eugenio Lobo. Screenplay: Paz Alicia Garciadiego (based on the novella by Gabriel García Márquez).

 Twitter Capsule: Capably mounted adaptation of García Márquez novella. Involving, but missing some imaginative layers.

VOR: ③  Interesting to pair with Time Regained, another stab at a beyond-imposing writer. Colonel tells its tale more clearly but takes fewer risks.


Photo © 1999 Producciones Amaranta/Gardenia Producciones/Tornasol Films/DMVB Films/
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografia/Fondo para la Produccion Cinematografica de Calidad

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–

Awards:
Sundance Film Festival: Latin American Cinema Award (tie)
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