''Pastorela'' is a 2011 Mexican Christmas

black comedy Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...

film directed by Emilio Portes and starring

Joaquín Cosío Joaquín Cosío Osuna (born 6 October 1962) is a Mexican actor and poet. He is best known for roles such as Rubén "Mascarita" in ''Matando Cabos'' (2004), General Medrano in ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo in '' Narcos ...

, Eduardo España, Carlos Cobos and

Ana Serradilla Ana Isabel Serradilla García (born August 9, 1978) is a Mexican actress starring in TV series such as '' La Viuda Negra'', ''Drenaje Profundo'' and '' Linea nocturna''. She also starred in the Mexican version of '' Desperate Housewives'', '' Ama ...

. It won the

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in 2012.

Premise

The judicial agent of the

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Jesús "Chucho" Juárez lives with his daughter Magdalena in the neighborhood of de San Miguel de Nenepilco,

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, and annually plays the role of the devil in the parish ''

pastorela The ''pastorela'' (, "little/young shepherdess") was an Occitan lyric genre used by the troubadours. It gave rise to the Old French ''pastourelle''. The central topic was always the meeting of a knight with a shepherdess, which could lead to any ...

'' organized by father Benito. When the deputy prosecutor is assassinated, Chucho gets occupied with the case and does not realize that father Benito has died of a

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while having sex with one of the

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s; and that the new priest, Edmundo Posadas, has decided not to include him in the pastorela, instead giving his role to Vulmaro, Chucho's

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. After years of playing the devil, Chucho is not going to give up his role easily, so he will have to face off in a classic fight of good versus evil to claim his part in the play.

Cast

as Jesús "Chucho" Juárez * as priest Edmundo Posadas * Eduardo España as Vilmaro "El Compadre" Villafuente *

as a nun * Dagoberto Gama as a judicial commander *

Héctor Jiménez Héctor Jiménez (born December 13, 1973) is a Mexican actor and producer. He played Esqueleto in ''Nacho Libre'', Mr. Tumnus in ''Epic Movie'' and the cashier in ''Wild Hogs''. He worked in a theater company in Tijuana for eight years, before m ...

as a possessed man * José Semafi — as "El Tuerto" * Ernesto Yáñez as an

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Eduardo Manzano Eduardo Manzano II (born July 18, 1938) is a Mexican comedian, singer, and actor. He is most recognized as one of the "Polivoces" and for his role in '' Una familia de diez'' (2007–present). He is an actor from Golden Age of Mexican cinema Th ...

as a

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* Ruben Cristiany as the

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of the

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* Osami Kowano as priest Benito * Melissa Bahnsen as Magdalena * as doctor Godínez

Awards and nominations

''Pastorela'' received a total of 14 nominations for the

Ariel Awards The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excel ...

,Arrasa la película ''Pastorela'' en la 54a. entrega de los Ariel
from the site of '' Revista Proceso''. Consulted on 15-11-13 (in

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). and won eight of these.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 2011183, Pastorela 2011 films 2010s Spanish-language films Mexican black comedy films Films set in Mexico City Films shot in Mexico City 2011 black comedy films 2010s Mexican films