Esmeralda Comes by Night

Sep 5, 1997

1h 43m

★ 4.9

One bride, five grooms, a lot of explaining.

Overview

The husbands of a charismatic nurse devise a plan to free her from prison when she is arrested for being a polygamist.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Esmeralda Producciones

Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

Estudios Churubusco Azteca

Esmeralda Comes by Night Trailers

Cast

Esmeralda Loyden

María Rojo

Víctor Solorio

Claudio Obregón

Lucita

Martha Navarro

Rossellini, tenor husband

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Pedro, Accusing Husband

Ernesto Laguardia

Don Virginio, poet husband

Roberto Cobo

Jorge Luis, gay husband

Humberto Pineda

Jaime, Rocker Husband

Alberto Estrella

Carlos, sixth groom

Álvaro Guerrero

Manuel García

Antonio Crestani

Don Gregorio, Esmeralda's father

Ignacio Retes

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