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At a Lame Pace
“... and one day they discovered that, lacking a leg, an arm, an eye, they had plenty of desire to fight, to enjoy, to steal, to rape ... to live!”
4.5 / 10• 1980• 2h 2m•NR• Spanish
ComedyDrama
Storyline
Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church during the Cristero Uprising.
Cast & Crew
Luis Manuel Pelayo
Priest
Lead
Bruno Rey
Commander
Roberto 'El Flaco' Guzmán
The One-Eyed Man
Noé Murayama
Matias, the Blind Man
Roberto Cobo
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JA
Julio Alejandro Lobato
Captain
Enrique Lucero
Cojo
YO
Yolanda Ochoa
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Luis Alcoriza's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. At a Lame Pace is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
