The Citrillo's Turn

The Citrillo's Turn

2006 · 97 min · ★ 4.0 · Fantasy, Drama

1903, before the Revolution The Citrillos Turns is a pulque bar in Mexico City, in which beings with no present or future gather to drink their lives away and tell stories of the dead and apparitions. Thus is woven a story of real passions love, betrayal, jealousy, pillage- in an atmosphere of drunkenness and hallucination.

Directed by Felipe Cazals · Written by Felipe Cazals

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Damián Alcázar Sergeant Collazo
José María Yázpik José Isabel
Vanessa Bauche Melba
Giovanna Zacarías Brigida
Mario Zaragoza Dijunto Melgarejo
Jorge Zárate Cape Aboytes
Pedro Altamirano Soto Tercero
Alfredo Barrera Cabo de Guardia
Araceli Castro Woman
Carlos Cobos Priest Jonas
Luis Estudiante Elderly Blind
Enrique Garcia Procoro Rivera

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