No One Writes to the Colonel

(1999)

★ 5.7 IMDb · 31 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1999

Runtime: 118 мин

Country: Mexico, Spain

Director: Артуро Рипстейн

Cast: Fernando Luján, Marisa Paredes, Сальма Хайек, Рафаэль Инклан, Ernesto Yáñez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Esteban Soberanes, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Eligio Meléndez, Odiseo Bichir

Plot

Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. But the townsfolk all know that this pension will never come. His wife also knows it, and even he knows it. But he is still waiting, living with the pain of the death of his son.