El cantante
The life story of Hector Lavoe, who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Released
- 2006
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 2006
Storyline
The life story of Hector Lavoe, who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States.
Top credits
Marc Anthony — Hector Lavoe
Jennifer Lopez — Puchi
John Ortiz — Willie Colon
Manny Perez — Eddie
Did you know
• In a 2016 discussion with SAG-AFTRA, Jennifer Lopez cited "El Cantante" as the film she is most proud of in her career.
• During filming, a fire broke out in Jennifer Lopez's trailer; nobody was injured.
• Willie Colón, close friend and collaborator of Héctor Lavoe, on whom this film is based, has stated that a mere 10 or 15% of the film actually happened in real life.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $7,556,712
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $3,202,035 (2007-08-05)
User reviews
It is a decent film, just not brilliant
unspectacular biopic done with limited cinematic style
A Fair Assessment of the Film
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
