The Fantastic World of Juan Orol

The Fantastic World of Juan Orol (Spanish: El fantástico mundo de Juan Orol) is a 2012 Mexican black-and-white biographical comedy-drama film directed by Sebastián del Amo (in his directorial debut) and written by Del Amo & Raúl Fernández Espinosa. Starring Roberto Sosa. It was named on the shortlist for Mexico's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards, but it was not selected.

Premise
The film is based on the life of Juan Orol, a man of Galician origin who, after various adventures, arrives in Mexico to become a creator in different film genres, including gangster films and rumberas films, some being successes at the box office despite very negative reviews. He has been called the great involuntary Surrealist.

Cast
The actors participating in this film are:


 * Roberto Sosa as Juan Orol
 * Gabriela de la Garza as Mary Esquivel
 * Fernanda Romero as Dinora
 * Jesús Ochoa as General Cruz
 * Ximena Rubio as Rosa Carmina
 * Juan Manuel Bernal as Kodak salesman
 * Alfonso Borbolla as Quirico Michelena
 * Alberto Estrella as Emilio 'El indio' Fernández
 * Julio Bracho as Policeman
 * Roberto Wohlmuth as Don Gabriel
 * Karin Burnett as María Antonieta Pons
 * Ariadna Perez Mijares as Ninón Sevilla
 * Mauricio Galaz as Arnoldo Orol
 * Juan Carlos Bonet as Orol's friend
 * Rodrigo Cachero as Memo Alcaine
 * Rodrigo Corea as Usher
 * Roger Cudney as Don Guillermo
 * Sebastián del Amo as Firing Squad Leader
 * Jean Duverger as Black Baseball Player
 * Claudia Silki as Hippie
 * Yolanda 'Tongolele' Montes as Herself

Release
The Fantastic World of Juan Orol had its world premiere on March 5, 2012, at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, then participated at the end of June of the same year at the Guanajuato International Film Festival as part of the official selection. It had its commercial premiere on September 14, 2012, in Mexican theaters.