No One Writes to the Colonel (film)

No One Writes to the Colonel
Directed by	Arturo Ripstein
Produced by	Mariela Besuievski
Written by	Paz Alicia Garciadiego Gabriel García Márquez
Starring	Fernando Luján
Cinematography	Guillermo Granillo
Editing by	Fernando Pardo
Release date(s)	2 June, 1999
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

No One Writes to the Colonel (Spanish: El coronel no tiene quien le escriba) is a 1999 Spanish-language film directed by Arturo Ripstein. It was an international co-production between France, Spain and Mexico. It is based on the eponymous novella by Colombian author and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez.

Cast

• Fernando Luján - El coronel
• Marisa Paredes - Lola
• Salma Hayek - Julia
• Rafael Inclán - Padre Ángel
• Ernesto Yáñez - Don Sabas
• Daniel Giménez Cacho - Nogales
• Esteban Soberanes - Germán
• Patricia Reyes Spíndola - Jacinta
• Odiseo Bichir - Dr. Pardo
• Julián Pastor - Lugones
• Eugenio Lobo - Álvaro

Awards

The film was Mexico's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.^[1] It was also entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 1999-11-22. http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/1999/99.11.22.html. Retrieved 2008-08-20. 
2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: No One Writes to the Colonel". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5320/year/1999.html. Retrieved 2009-10-04. 

External links

• No One Writes to the Colonel at the Internet Movie Database