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Aug 2, 2007 · Roger Ebert August 02, 2007. Tweet. The godfather of salsa, Hector Lavoe (Marc Anthony, with Jennifer Lopez), rises to the top of the Latin music scene, only to become a victim of his own excesses in "El Cantante." Now streaming on:
Aug 3, 2007 · El Cantante is intense and profoundly moving with powerful scenes of of Anthony emboding the Puerto Rican singer - enormously talented, yet equally troubled Hecto Lavoe.
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- Leon Ichaso
- R
- Marc Anthony
Aug 3, 2007 · El Cantante. Directed by Leon Ichaso. Biography, Drama, Music. R. 1h 46m. By A.O. Scott. Aug. 3, 2007. On the evidence of “El Cantante,” in which he plays the salsa singer Héctor Lavoe,...
- Leon Ichaso
Aug 3, 2007 · El cantante: Directed by Leon Ichaso. With Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, John Ortiz, Manny Perez. The life story of Hector Lavoe who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Leon Ichaso
- 2007-08-03
Following its Toronto International Film Festival premiere, El Cantante earned mostly negative reviews from critics and currently holds a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 107 reviews.
- $24,521,532 (including DVD sales)
- Julio Caro, Simon Fields, Jennifer Lopez, David Maldonado
- Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez
- Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony
Aug 3, 2007 · El cantante - Metacritic. Summary El Cantante celebrates the life and music of the legendary Puerto Rican salsa singer Hector Lavoe, a pioneer of the sound and sensibility that redefined Latin music in the 1960s and 1970s.
Aug 2, 2007 · El Cantante Review Lopez and Anthony offer a biopic that explains little about Lavoe's musical legacy.