a many people know and mexican cinema be very poor after the so call golden age of the mexican cinema and fortunately and during the late 90 and and early 21st century and great movie like la ley de herodes and bajo california and amores perros and y tu mamá también and and of course and el coronel no tiene quien le escriba and appear . el coronel . and be a wonderful movie and that retell the classic story by gabriel garcía márquez and by eliminate the magic realism element and and replace them with the crude reality live in mexico and not only by people like the colonel and who wait for their pension and but by more than the half of the mexican population and who live in complete poverty . the film character and satirically represent classic character find in mexican society and such a the nationalist colonel and the cold and even ambitious priest and the hypocrite and but at the same time loyal compadre and the tolerant and patient wife and the hidden homosexual and etc . this movie and be a must see if you want to know more about mexican society and and specially and if you want to watch a gorgeous movie and by one of mexico fine director .