Cassandro, the Exotico!
2018, NR, 73 min. Directed by Marie Losier.
Not reviewed at press time. Since the 1940s, exoticos – men wrestling in drag – have been a fixture of Mexican lucha libre. For over three decades, El Paso native Saúl Armendáriz has become one of the greatest exoticos as Cassandro. Now, after a lifetime in the ring, he must work out the next step in his life, as definitions of gender and sexuality change around him.
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Cassandro, the Exotico!, Marie Losier
