Esmeralda Comes by Night
Esmeralda Comes by Night

Esmeralda Comes by Night

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1997
1h 43m
4.9(10 votes)
Comedy

Overview

The husbands of a charismatic nurse devise a plan to free her from prison when she is arrested for being a polygamist.

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Production Companies

Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
Estudios Churubusco Azteca

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1 video

Cast & Crew

33 members
Acting

María Rojo

Esmeralda Loyden

María Rojo
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Claudio Obregón

Víctor Solorio

Claudio Obregón
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Martha Navarro

Lucita

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Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Rossellini, tenor husband

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
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Ernesto Laguardia

Pedro, Accusing Husband

Ernesto Laguardia
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Roberto Cobo

Don Virginio, poet husband

Roberto Cobo
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Humberto Pineda

Jorge Luis, gay husband

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Alberto Estrella

Jaime, Rocker Husband

Alberto Estrella
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Álvaro Guerrero

Carlos, sixth groom

Álvaro Guerrero
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Antonio Crestani

Manuel García

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Ignacio Retes

Don Gregorio, Esmeralda's father

Ignacio Retes
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Tito Vasconcelos

Yoga Instructor / Taxi Driver / Painter / Saleswoman / Mariachi / Hairdresser / Cyclist

Tito Vasconcelos
Writing

Arturo Villaseñor

Armando, Jorge Luis' lover

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Ana Ofelia Murguía

Doña Beatriz, Jorge Luis' mother

Ana Ofelia Murguía
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Víctor Carpinteiro

Roque, a journalist

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Humberto Yañez

Arresting officer

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Andrés Almeida

Punk

Andrés Almeida
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Farnesio de Bernal

Priest in Church

Farnesio de Bernal
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Max Kerlow

Priest in hospital

Max Kerlow
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Fernando Manzano

Pérez, an employee

Fernando Manzano
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Gerardo Carmona

Mantecón, an employee

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Eduardo Salas

Carbajal, an employee

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Susana Cato

Policewoman

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Ana María Jacobo

Tere, a secretary

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Marina Fernández

Carmelita

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Paco Mauri

Policeman

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Diego Jáuregui

Shoeshine

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Sergio Cassani

Transvestite 1

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Sergio Torres

Transvestite 2

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Charlotte Chagoya

Carlos' mother

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Leopoldo Chagoya

Carlos' father

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Laura Vit

Dreamy woman

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Jaime Escaba

Lucita's friend

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