Release Date
August 3, 2007
DVD Release Date
October 30, 2007 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Leon Ichaso
Writer
Todd Antony Bello, David Darmsteder, Leon Ichaso
Cast
Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Federico Castelluccio, Romi Dias, Vincent Laresca
Studio
Running Time
106 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for drug use, pervasive language and some sexuality
What is El Cantante about?
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.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
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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