Life Sentence
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Life Sentence

(1979)Directed by Arturo Ripstein95 minCrime, Drama

In 1979 Mexico, Javier Lira, known as "El Tarzán" (Pedro Armendáriz Jr.), walks out of jail and takes a job as a bank employee, hoping to start over. Arturo Ripstein follows him through ordinary workdays alongside figures like Commander Prieto (Narciso Busquets) and Corporal Pantoja (Ernesto Gómez Cruz). Lira needs the job to hold, and the past he served time for may not let it.

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.as Javier Lira "El Tarzán"
Narciso Busquetsas Commander Prieto
Ernesto Gómez Cruzas Corporal Pantoja
Ana Ofelia Murguíaas Mrs. Romero
Roberto Coboas Gallito
Angélica Chainas Rosa Martínez
Pilar Pelliceras Pantoja's wife
Rodrigo Pueblaas Cotorra
Jorge Patiñoas Muclan
Ramón Menéndezas Bank employee
Yaco Alva
León Singer
Eduardo Cassab
Martha Meneses
Laura Alfaro
Agustín Silva
Marta Resnikoff
Humberto Vilchis
Eduardo Borja