No One Writes to the Colonel

Name: No One Writes to the Colonel
Director: Arturo Ripstein
Released: 1999
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Fernando Luján, Marisa Paredes, Salma Hayek, Rafael Inclán, Ernesto Yáñez

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

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:11 NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL

00:11:51 They look the same because don Dimas made them both up.

00:16:00 Again?

00:21:39 Why would I want to know why the nation ended up like me?

00:25:04 Let the dead rest in peace.

00:28:43 I need money.

00:33:13 And the pot on the fire?

00:38:14 I know you so well.

00:43:33 I don't mean to offend, compadre, but you know nothing about it.

00:47:42 What?

00:52:51 Men don't like to accept gifts from women like me.

00:57:36 Compadre...

01:00:59 He cheated you.

01:06:41 The things you think up.

01:10:56 It's your fault!

01:15:04 Leave.

01:18:37 It's my anger.

01:23:17 You can't die!

01:26:44 Now you're old and fat.

01:30:22 "At the dance, the ink will run from the propaganda...

01:35:14 Cover up.

01:39:45 Thank you, Father.

01:45:22 A little more the other way, and I'd have been the dead one.

01:49:32 Shit.

Cast & Characters

Fernando Luján El coronel Marisa Paredes Lola Salma Hayek Julia Rafael Inclán Padre Ángel Ernesto Yáñez Don Sabas Daniel Giménez Cacho Nogales Esteban Soberanes Germán Patricia Reyes Spíndola Jacinta Odiseo Bichir Dr. Pardo Julián Pastor Lugones

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,398

Dialogue density11.8 lines / min

First line00:00:11

Final line01:49:32

Production Record

DirectorArturo Ripstein

LanguageSpanish

IMDb votes1,312