Esmeralda Comes by Night

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Esmeralda Comes by Night

"One bride, five grooms, a lot of explaining."

1997

1h 43m

5.2(9 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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Cast & Crew

33 members

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María Rojo

Esmeralda Loyden

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Claudio Obregón

Víctor Solorio

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Martha Navarro

Lucita

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Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Rossellini, tenor husband

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Ernesto Laguardia

Pedro, Accusing Husband

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Roberto Cobo

Don Virginio, poet husband

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Humberto Pineda

Jorge Luis, gay husband

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Alberto Estrella

Jaime, Rocker Husband

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Álvaro Guerrero

Carlos, sixth groom

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Antonio Crestani

Manuel García

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Ignacio Retes

Don Gregorio, Esmeralda's father

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Tito Vasconcelos

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

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Arturo Villaseñor

Armando, Jorge Luis' lover

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Ana Ofelia Murguía

Doña Beatriz, Jorge Luis' mother

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Víctor Carpinteiro

Roque, a journalist

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Humberto Yañez

Arresting officer

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Andrés Almeida

Punk

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Farnesio de Bernal

Priest in Church

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Max Kerlow

Priest in hospital

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Fernando Manzano

Pérez, an employee

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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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