又名：没有人给他写信的上校 上校无人来信 Pas de lettre pour le colonel
退休的老上校，被承诺可领到一笔退休金，但这个承诺却迟迟没有兑现。每个星期五，他会穿着正式的西装，站在码头，等着领退休金的通知书。人们都清楚，他的等待是不会有结果的，而上校依然执着于他的梦想，否则，他还有什么值得期待？抵抗饥饿、抵抗太太的怨言及永无止尽的询问：“我们要吃什么？”他终于给了一个隐忍了20年的答案……
Title：El coronel no tiene quien le escriba Year：1999 Rated：Not Rated Genre：Drama Language：Spanish Country：Mexico / France / Spain Director：Arturo Ripstein Writer：Gabriel García Márquez / Paz Alicia Garciadiego Actors：Fernando Luján / Marisa Paredes / Salma Hayek Plot：Every Friday, the Colonel heads to the dock in his suit, anticipating a pension letter that will never arrive, as everyone in town knows. His wife and even he are aware, but he continues to wait, burdened by his son's death.
