No One Writes to the Colonel
1999 · 118 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 1,312 VOTES · DIR. Arturo Ripstein
Overview
Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. But the townsfolk all know that this pension will never come. His wife also knows it, and even he knows it. But he is still waiting, living with the pain of the death of his son.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,398 lines
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00:00:11 NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL
00:11:47 your son, and my godson, may he rest in peace.
00:15:49 but not a single peso of my pension.
00:21:19 Rather early to be making your syrup, isn't it?
00:24:49 Now that you know, can you tell me what you'll do?
00:27:38 That comes due before November.
00:32:31 I just dropped by...
00:36:58 A little luxury, right?
00:42:59 That's right, he's my compadre's gamecock.
00:46:40 So I stay away for a year, and she gets uppity.
00:51:14 I was just saying.
00:55:16 Decorum? No way!
00:59:38 He'll pay half of what he said.
01:03:20 You know this is a family establishment.
01:08:59 You're giving it back?
01:13:19 The law of strategy, the Prussian law.
01:17:03 My son had arranged for her to be the handler in the cockpit.
01:20:57 How could you consider taking out a mortgage in times like these?
01:25:12 The doctor is up to his usual mischief.
01:28:47 attacked the union local...
01:31:37 I had to sign the death certificate: "Altercation at the cockfights."
01:37:07 or I'll sell the clock.
01:42:21 Don't make me hurt you, you're Agustín's mother.
01:46:35 Let's go, Blondie.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,398
Dialogue density11.8 lines / min
First line00:00:11
Final line01:46:35
Production Record
DirectorArturo Ripstein
LanguageSpanish
IMDb votes1,312