
The Citrillo's Turn
Fantasy · Drama
Overview
1903, before the Revolution The Citrillos Turns is a pulque bar in Mexico City, in which beings with no present or future gather to drink their lives away and tell stories of the dead and apparitions. Thus is woven a story of real passions love, betrayal, jealousy, pillage- in an atmosphere of drunkenness and hallucination.
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Damián Alcázar
Damián Alcázar
Sergeant Collazo
Damián Alcázar
Sergeant Collazo


José María Yázpik
José María Yázpik
José Isabel
José María Yázpik
José Isabel


Vanessa Bauche
Vanessa Bauche
Melba
Vanessa Bauche
Melba


Giovanna Zacarías
Giovanna Zacarías
Brigida
Giovanna Zacarías
Brigida


Mario Zaragoza
Mario Zaragoza
Dijunto Melgarejo
Mario Zaragoza
Dijunto Melgarejo


Jorge Zárate
Jorge Zárate
Cape Aboytes
Jorge Zárate
Cape Aboytes


Pedro Altamirano
Pedro Altamirano
Soto Tercero
Pedro Altamirano
Soto Tercero
Alfredo Barrera
Alfredo Barrera
Cabo de Guardia
Alfredo Barrera
Cabo de Guardia
Araceli Castro
Araceli Castro
Woman
Araceli Castro
Woman
Carlos Cobos
Carlos Cobos
Priest Jonas
Carlos Cobos
Priest Jonas
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