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The Mambo Kings

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The Mambo Kings
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R,1hr 40min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
March 1, 1992
Director:
Arnold Glimcher
Distributor:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring:
Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty  ...more
Synopsis: New York art dealer Arne Glimcher took his first crack at film directing with this florid, high-energy romance about two brothers who flee Cuba in the early 1950s to make it as musicians in the United States. Cynthia Cidre wrote the literate screenplay adapted from Oscar Hijuelos's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. Cesar (Armand Assante) and Nestor Castillo (Antonio Banderas) are popular musicians on Havana's club circuit, but when they make enemies of the wrong people, ... Full Synopsis
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Mike DiBella, AMG Review
Despite its driving Latin rhythms and musical appeal, The Mambo Kings is on the whole a relatively uninspiring film. The romance and heartbreak of the mambo, a dance that imitates the passions of life, seems forced, and the pitch of the picture never really pulses in step to the rhythm of the Cuban drums. For their part, stars Antonio Banderas and Armand Assante seem very artificial in their emotions, ... Full Review
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Armand Assante
Cesar Castillo
Antonio Banderas
Nestor Castillo
Cathy Moriarty
Lanna Lake
Maruschka Detmers
Delores Fuentes
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