Overview
This film traces the unbelievable true story of the Calderón family, who built grand movie palaces in Mexico and the U.S., employing thousands to produce incomparable, hugely successful, and often reprehensible populist-genre films that were utterly and uniquely Mexican.
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Viviana García-BesnéScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 21, 2009
- Original language
- Spanish
- Countries
- Mexico
Cast
Ninón Sevilla
Ana Luisa Peluffo
Armando Silvestre
Ricardo Montalban
Rafael Inclán- Mate Calderón
Guillermo Calderón- Rafael Calderón Jr.
- Pedro A. Calderón
- Blanca Estela Limón
- Jorge García Besné
Guillermina Grin- Enrique Vidal
- David Ramón
- Mauricio Peña
- Fernando Muñoz
- Salvador Acosta
- José Evangelista
- Mauricio Calderón
Agustín Lara
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