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title: 'No One Writes to the Colonel (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arturo Ripstein'
released: '1999-06-04'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Mexico'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/no-one-writes-to-the-colonel-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132905/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# No One Writes to the Colonel (1999)

1999 · 118 min · Drama · France, Mexico, Spain

Original title: El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

## Synopsis

No One Writes to the Colonel is a 1999 Spanish-language film directed by Arturo Ripstein. It was an international co-production between France, Spain and Mexico. It is based on the eponymous novella by Colombian author and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez. The film was also selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 72nd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arturo Ripstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/arturo-ripstein)
- **Screenplay:** [Paz Alicia Garciadiego](https://cinepixo.com/people/paz-alicia-garciadiego)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Mansfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-mansfield)

## Cast

- [Daniel Giménez Cacho](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-gimenez-cacho)
- [Fernando Luján](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-lujan)
- [Enrique Castillo](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrique-castillo)
- [Rafael Inclán](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafael-inclan)
- [Odiseo Bichir](https://cinepixo.com/people/odiseo-bichir)
- [Julián Pastor](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-pastor)
- [Patricia Reyes Spíndola](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-reyes-spindola)
- [Marisa Paredes](https://cinepixo.com/people/marisa-paredes)
- [Salma Hayek](https://cinepixo.com/people/salma-hayek)

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