Nacho Libre (2006)

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Nacho Libre
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Studio: Paramount Pictures Studio: Paramount Pictures Studio: Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG
Release Date: Jun 16, 2006
Running Time: 91 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
director: Jared Hess
synopsis
Nacho 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 Encarnacion, 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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Hilarious hits outnumber miserable misses enough to give Nacho Libre the same replay value as Napoleon, but "dynamite" it is not.

Story

Ignacio (Jack Black) has never been particularly adept at anything, but he has great passion for the things that matter to him: cooking and wrestling. Growing up in a Mexican orphanage, 'Nacho' always dreamt of becoming a "luchador"--the term for a Mexican wrestler--and he even had the paunch to boot, but alas it was highly forbidden by the religious orphanage.… Continued

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Nacho
Esqueleto
Young Nacho
Juan Pablo
Candidia
Sister Encarnacion
Guillermo
Chancho
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