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Synopsis: The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002. In the early 1960s, Héctor arrives in New York from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Success comes quickly. "The more he grew as an artist," Puchi says, "the more he sank as a person." It's a tale of talent - creating salsa with Willie Colón, with the Fania All Stars, and as a soloist - and a story of disintegration - fueled by drugs, alcohol, partying, and depression. Puchi's voice - proud and querulous - dominates off-stage as Héctor's does on.
Director(s): Leon Ichaso
Production: Picturehouse
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%
R
Year:
2006
106 min
$7,488,649
Website
251 Views


- Thanks a lot, man.

I know you too.

Willie Coln, man.

A pleasure, really.

Trombones, no saxophones.

I mean... you changed

everything. I mean...

Hell.

A pleasure, man. I mean...

Thanks.

I don't speak Spanish.

I like you too, man.

Do you guys

believe in destiny?

Well, I do.

I believe destiny brought us

to this club tonight.

I believe

that you two guys

have been destined

to perform together.

I believe that together,

boys, you will take

this town by storm.

You both have

what each other needs.

You are Puerto Rico.

Willie's from New York.

Call this... "salsa"-

a sauce, like gumbo...

...a mix

of mambo, rumba,

plena, jazz,

merengue.

You'll cook it up.

I say...

why not, man?

Damn.

- Right here, right here.

- Bro.

- Bro, you speak English?

- Of course, of course, man.

- $2.50- you'll take me to the Bronx?

- Yeah yeah.

- Hey...

- Huh?

You're...

Buddy, tell you what:

you sing, I'll drive.

Sing, bro,

the meter's running.

Listen, I want people

to know something:

God couldn't have given me

a better baby sister

and couldn't have

given her...

...a better brother.

Happy birthday,

my little Puchi.

Happy birthday,

Puchi!

? Cornbread, hog maw

and chitterlings?

- ? Cornbread, hog maw...?

- Oh cuchi cuchi cuchi cuchi.

? Cornbread, hog maw

and chitterlings?

- ? Cornbread, hog maw...?

- Mommy eating cuchifrito...

? Cornbread, hog maw

and chitterlings?

- ? Cornbread...?

- Piglet piglet.

? Cornbread, hog maw

and chitterlings?

? Cornbread...?

Are you in the right

apartment?

I think so.

Happy birthday.

For me?

- Yeah.

- Who invited you?

Oh, chocolates.

How sweet.

I heard you singing.

Yeah?

Yeah.

You're famous, right?

Trini Lpez-

that's who you are.

Yeah, that's me.

That's me.

You can call me Trini.

- You're funny.

- Yeah.

But your pants

are even funnier.

What do you mean?

These are $5 pants.

Bad.

- Bad? I'm not bad.

- Yeah.

I'm being me-

not mean, just honest.

- Hey, man.

- LiI' bro.

- What's up, man?

- You know, Hector, I'm so glad you could make it.

- Thank you.

- Take it.

Little sister, I see you touching that,

I'm gonna kill you.

- Yeah.

- Give us a minute.

Let me give you

a little brotherly advice:

Don't f*** with her

unless you're gonna

f*** with her.

Hey...

you wanna f*** with her,

f*** with her.

Got it?

Nice one, man.

- Have fun.

- All right.

Look, I'll show you.

It's not like

a cigarette, man.

You gotta hold it

like this.

Go like this.

- Hold it in?

- Mm-hmm.

- How's that?

- For how long?

Do you feeI anything?

Keep going.

? That I asked of you?

? to the best of your knowledge?

? if you knew that nowhere

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Leon Ichaso

Leon Ichaso (born August 3, 1948) is a Cuban American writer and film director. more…

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