Desc: El coronel no tiene quien le escriba: Directed by Arturo Ripstein. With Fernando Luján, Marisa Paredes, Salma Hayek, Rafael Inclán. 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.