Nacho Libre

Nacho Libre is a 2006 Mexican-American sports comedy film directed by Jared Hess and written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and Mike White. It stars Jack Black, and is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm", a.k.a. Rev. Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez), a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador and competed in order to support the orphanage he directed. The film was produced by Black, White, David Klawans and Julia Pistor.
The film was released on June 16, 2006 by Paramount Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $99.3 million at the worldwide box office against its $35 million production budget.
==Plot==
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==Cast==
*Jack Black as Ignacio/Nacho, a Oaxaca monastery cook who dreams of becoming a luchador
**Troy Gentile as Young Ignacio
*Ana de la Reguera as Sister Encarnación, a nun at the monastery
*Héctor Jiménez as Steven/Esqueleto, Ignacio's tag partner
*Silver King as Ramses, the luchador champion and Ignacio's idol
*Carla Jimenez as Cándida, a portly woman who tries to court Steven at the luchador's party
*Richard Montoya as Guillermo
*Enrique Muñoz as Señor Ramon, Ramses' manager
*Moisés Arias as Juan Pablo
*Donald Chambers as Silencio, one of the wrestlers who defeats Nacho but is disqualified when Esqueleto runs over him, injuring his foot
*Darius Rose as Chancho
*Peter Stormare as Emperor, the local magic-man who claims that eating eagle eggs will give Ignachio the eagle's power
*Diego Eduardo Gomez as Chuy
*Human Tornado as El Snowflake, one of the luchadors who faces Nacho
*Mascarita Dorada as one of Los Duendes
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