El Cantante (2007) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	August 3, 2007
On DVD:	October 30, 2007
Genre:	Drama
Director:	Leon Ichaso
Writer:	Todd Antony Bello, David Darmsteder, Leon Ichaso
Cast:	Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Federico Castelluccio, Romi Dias, Vincent Laresca
Studio:	Picturehouse
Official site:	elcantantemovie.com
Running Time:	106 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for drug use, pervasive language and some sexuality

A biopic on Hector Lavoe, who was one of the biggest Spanish-language singers in the 1970s, but personal tragedy and a heroin addiction left him penniless and dying from complications from AIDS. Known as salsa's bad boy, he had a crystal-clear voice and an incomparable talent for improvisation....

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I'm only part way through El Cantante, but I don't know if I can make it to the end. It's not that the movie is dreadful; it's just that we've seen this type of story so many times before. And by "so many times before", I mean so, so, so, so, so many times before.

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