The Lost City Page #3

Synopsis: In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950s, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent night-club owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the government of Fidel Castro. Castro's regime ultimately leads the night-club owner to flee to New York.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Andy Garcia
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%
R
Year:
2005
144 min
$2,434,066
Website
2,327 Views


and his reign of terror,

meted out to our population

by his police,

and especially by a certain

colonel in the force

whose name has become

synonymous with sudden death.

Seneca was persecuted

by two tyrants,

Caligula and Nero.

ln spite of that,

Seneca advocated the return

to the Republic...

unafraid.

Mr. Speaker, Seneca,

not the Neros of this world,

should be an example to us.

Fangio, I am your biggest fan.

Get in the car.

Just get in the car.

Get in the car.

Get in.

what do you want? Money?

Publicity.

Fangio freed,

Grand Prix cancelled,

And listen to what Fangio said.

All they wanted from me

is that I help them

further their cause.

But I don't know anything

about causes, only cars.

And when they ask him

how he was treated,

They were quintessential

gentlemen.

Do you think I'm a quintessential

gentleman, Mercedes?

Huh?

what was so funny?

what were you laughing about?

The funnies.

The funnies?

That newspaperhas no funnies.

why don't you try the one

about the kidnappers

who only wanted publicity?

Stop it!

That's funny. That's funny.

Leave him alone! Stop!

Yeah. Come on.

Stop! Let him go!

Please stop!

Stop it! Stop it!

Stop it!

Huh?

You want to be tough? Huh?

wanna play in my city?

Spoiled rich bastard!

You do not want

to disappoint me.

Believe me.

I'm gonna go for a walk.

when I get back,

l want you to tell

me who Peligro is.

I'm back.

who's Peligro? Huh?

You're not a good listener.

whoa, whoa, whoa.

ooh. No, I'm okay, I'm okay.

I'm gonna go for a walk, okay?

So you betterbe thinking about

who Peligro is,

'cause you're next.

Let's go for some coffee.

You're here about your brother.

Your little brother's a criminal

a dangerous criminal.

No doubt about that.

I've got his file

if you wanna read it.

No, thank you.

l know my brother,

and no file will ever change that.

Fico, we've known each other

since we were in prep school.

I've always

been straight with you.

That's true.

Have you everknown me

to change my signals?

Not when you were my catcher.

Fico, you're pitching

for your brother now.

You're pitching wild.

He's guilty.

There's no doubt about that.

l know it and you know it.

He's my brother, Braulio.

l need your help.

okay.

l think you should

get out of Havana,

go to New York orMiami,

and I'm gonna take

care of the tickets.

Fico, FideI's gonna

take care of me.

I'm leaving for

the Sierra Maestra.

Hey.

Fico, I have no choice.

what about your family?

Everything I do

is formy family.

l love you.

Uh, come in.

Can I help you?

Al sent me.

who?

Al.

He's a friend of yours, isn't he?

Are you auditioning?

Yes, I am.

what's your line?

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Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʎermo kaˈβɾeɾa imˈfante]; Gibara, 22 April 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín. A one-time supporter of the Castro regime, Cabrera Infante went into exile to London in 1965. He is best known for the novel Tres Tristes Tigres (literally: "three sad tigers", published in English as Three Trapped Tigers), which has been compared favorably to James Joyce's Ulysses. more…

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