Live news france africa middle east americas europe asia pacific. Famed as much for his flamboyant drag and skyhigh pompadour as for. Cosponsored by the milwaukee lgbt filmvideo festival, and the uwm lgbt resource center marie losier, france, english, 73 min, 2018, dcp. Mexican wrestler cassandro performs in drag and is challenging ideas of masculinity. The exotico subgenre of professional wrestling is a male wrestler who fightsperforms in drag.
Saul armendariz born may 20, 1970 is an americanborn mexican luchador, or professional. Famed as much for his flamboyant drag and skyhigh pompadour as for his showstopping kicks and flips, cassandros trailblazing ascent as. Eva sangiorgi, italian director of the vienna international film festival. Marie losier 2018 cassandro is often referred to as the liberace of lucha libre spanish for freestyle wrestling. Famed as much for his flamboyant drag and skyhigh pompadour as for his showstopping kicks and flips, cassandros. The line comes from cassandro, a famous and flamboyant lucha libre wrestler known as an exotico, which is a wrestler who fights in. After 26 years of spinning dives and flying uppercuts on the ring, cassandro, the star of the genderbending crossdressing mexican wrestlers known as the exoticos, is far from retiring. The film mixes footage from fights, oncamera interviews, skype conversations, family encounters, a music collage, and intimate backstage confessions. In february 2017, cassandro appeared in a skit on conan, training conan obrien and andy richter to become luchadores. This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgenderrelated films released in 2018. After 26 years of spinning dives and flying uppercuts in the ring, cassandro, the star of the genderbending crossdressing mexican wrestlers known as the exoticos, is far from. Famed as much for his flamboyant drag and pompadour as for his kicks and flips, legendary lucha libre star cassandros ascent as one of the first openly gay wrestlers has resonated internationally for a quarter century.
After 26 years of spinning dives and flying uppercuts in the ring, cassandro, the star of the genderbending crossdressing mexican wrestlers. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing cassandro, the exotico. Losier conjures the legend of cassandro with overwhelming affection. I appreciate that she shot the documentary on actual celluloid, since its 16mm home movies aesthetic helps contextualize him as. Cassandro the exotico mons international film festival. The line comes from cassandro, a famous and flamboyant lucha libre wrestler known as an exotico, which is a wrestler who fights in drag. After 26 years of spinning dives and flying uppercuts in the ring, cassandro, the star of the genderbending crossdressing mexican wrestlers known as the exoti. At 47, cassandro has spent his life bringing high drag and highoctane stunts to devoted audiences, but challenging prejudice outside the ring is no easy task. Udi urban distribution international as sales all rights, world. Cineuropa is the first european portal dedicated to cinema and audiovisual in 4 languages. Download cassandro, the exotico full movie online hd 2018 free eng. After 26 years of spinning dives and flying uppercuts in the ring, cassandro, the star of the genderbending crossdressing mexican wrestlers known as. This stirring feature portrait of lucha libre star cassandro in his waning years in the ring is less a swan song than a meteor shower rendered in technicolor.
The 71st annual cannes film festival was held from 8 to 19 may 2018. Meet saul armendariz, aka cassandro, the longstanding, openly gay champion of mexican exotico wrestling. Tla video has the top gay cinema and gay porn titles on dvd, bluray and on demand. This stirring feature portrait of lucha libre star cassandro in his waning years in the ring is less a swan song than a meteor. Shot in 16mm, losiers doc is a colorful portrait of lucha libre star cassandro, one the industrys. One of the most colourful lucha libre wrestlers, which is saying a lot, is profiled in this lyrical, entertaining documentary. Hes talking to marie losier, the documentarian behind cassandro the exotico. Watch cassandro the exotico produced by film movement starring cassandro. Saul armendariz, better known as cassandro, is one of the sports most successful protagonists. The french documentarist marie losier chose to focus her second feature film.
Marie losier captures the moving, humorous, and always colorful dualities of this legendary figure. Affectionate, humorous, moving, and stylishly filmed in 16mm, cassandro, the exotico. Nov 4, 2018 star cineplex bangladesh the first multiplex cinema theater in. But with dozens of broken bones and metal pins in his body, he must now reinvent himself. The audience is quite literally flabbergasted following its initial meeting with cassandro his real name is saul armendariz, flung from an intensive makeup session fake eyelashes, eyeshadow, peroxide permed blond hair and hairspray galore a gay pride worthy look to an incredible performance in the ring, where speed, tone and elasticity go handinhand with some shocking violence. He was featured in a 2016 new yorker article entitled how the drag queen cassandro became a star of mexican wrestling. Art culture completed 2018 after 26 years of a flamboyant career, cassandro, the star of the exoticos, a genderbending crossdressing branch of the lucha libre, is now at the watershed of his life, and must. Release dates 10 also known as aka 2 release dates france 11 may 2018. After 26 years of spectacular dives and scraps in the ring, he finds it impossible to stop. Marie losier directs a remarkable and touching documentary about a largerthanlife gay wrestler legend of the mexican lucha libre. He is the subject of the 2018 documentary film cassandro the exotico. Dutch premiere at idfa 2018 glitter, glamour and broken bones. Karate female team kata bronze medal serbia vs italy wkf world championships belgrade 2010.
Famed as much for his flamboyant drag and skyhigh pompadour as for his showstopping kicks and flips, cassandros trailblazing ascent as one the industrys first openly gay wrestlers has. Cassandro the exotico 2019 from film movement starring cassandro. After 26 years of spinning dives and flying uppercuts in the ring, cassandro, the star of the genderbending crossdressing mexican wrestlers known as the exoticos, is far from retiring. The 10th edition of the uk and europes south asian film festival, supported by the. Cassandro the exotico from film movement starring cassandro. Live news france africa middle east americas europe asiapacific. A gay luchador body slams life marie losiers documentary steps into the ring with a mexican professional wrestler, whose world is. Famed as much for his flamboyant drag and skyhigh pompadour as for his showstopping kicks and flips, cassandros trailblazing ascent as one the industrys first openly gay wrestlers has resonated internationally for a quarter century. Cassandros storyof an underdog and a queer icon, simultaneously fragile and mightyis ever more evocative as it unfolds on both sides of the mexicanamerican border. Documentary movie trailer hd famed as much for his flamboyant drag and skyhigh pompadour as for his showstopping kicks and flips, cassandros trailblazing ascent as one the industrys first openly gay wrestlers has resonated internationally for a quarter century. Also known as aka original title cassandro, the exotico.
With magnificent mane, makeup and muscles, in 1992 the openly gay sportsman became the first exotico to become world champion, a sensation at the time. On february 20th, 7pm, in the freeman auditorium, cassandro will speak about his personal. Traditionally, many exotico wrestlers were straight luchadores playing gay caricatures. With daily news, interviews, data bases, indepth investigations into the audiovisual industry, cineuropa aims at promoting the european film industry throughout the world. The exotico performs in a silly and campy style, but nonetheless delivers deathdefying stunts and acrobatics. Cassandro is the first exotico to hold a championship title in mexicos uwa promotion and shows that people like me can kick ass.