

The Citrillo's Turn
2006-11-10 · 97 min · ★ 4.0
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.
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- Directors
- Felipe Cazals
- Production companies
- Serenisima Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad
- Countries
- Mexico
- Status
- Released
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Damián AlcázarSergeant Collazo
José María YázpikJosé Isabel
Vanessa BaucheMelba
Giovanna ZacaríasBrigida
Mario ZaragozaDijunto Melgarejo
Jorge ZárateCape Aboytes
Pedro AltamiranoSoto TerceroTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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