Nacho Libre
| Score:
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8
/ 10
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| Released:
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June 16, 2006
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| Director:
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Jared Hess
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| Producer:
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David Klawans, Jack Black, Julia Pistor, Mike White
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| Studio:
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Paramount Pictures
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| Cast:
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Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Héctor Jimenez, Richard Montoya, Peter Stormare
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| Genre:
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Comedy
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| Length:
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92
minutes
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Nacho Libre Overview
Nacho (Jack Black) is a man without skills. After growing up in a Mexican monastery, he is now a grown man and the monastery’s cook, but doesn’t seem to fit in. Nacho cares deeply for the orphans he feeds, but his food is terrible – mostly, if you ask him, a result of his terrible ingredients. He realizes he must hatch a plan to make money to buy better food for “the young orphans, who have nothing” (…and if in doing so Nacho can impress the lovely Sister Encarnación, that would be a big plus).
When Nacho is struck by the idea to earn money as a Lucha Libre wrestler, he finds that he has a natural, raw talent for wrestling. As he teams with his rail-thin, unconventional partner, Esqueleto (the Skeleton), Nacho feels for the first time in his life that he has something to fight for and a place where he belongs.
As Lucha is strictly forbidden by the church elders at the monastery, Nacho is forced to lead a double life. Disguised by a sky blue mask, Nacho conceals his true identity as he takes on Mexico’s most famous wrestlers and takes on a hilarious quest to make life a little sweeter at the orphanage.
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