The One-Handed Trick

Nov 7, 2008

1h 25m

★ 6.2

Don't tell me it's impossible

Overview

Quique el Cuajo, a hustler with half a body affected by cerebral palsy, joins forces with his friend Adolfo, a young mulatto, to create a music studio.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Quique Heredia el Cuajo

El Langui

Adolfo

Ovono Candela

Chacho

Javier Iglesias Bustamante

Galleta

Elio Toffana

Tsunami

Mala Rodríguez

Marquitos

Juan Navarro

Jesús

Diego Carrasco

Bilal Doorman

Younes Bachir

Cuajo's Mother

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