Arturo RipsteinCast
Patricia Reyes Spíndola Nora Velázquez
Credits
Written by: 
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Plot
A black-and-white film about two dwarf wrestlers.
Sinekatalog’s take
Arturo Ripstein's black-and-white film follows two dwarf wrestlers and the women around them in a grim, tragicomic Mexico City. Patricia Reyes Spíndola is superb in a macabre, compassionate, stylish tale based on a real case.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (371 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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