El Cantante

2006 · 116 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 5,404 VOTES · DIR. Leon Ichaso

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,605 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:23 And...
00:04:08 Leave him alone! What are you doing?
00:09:46 A pleasure, man, a pleasure.
00:13:49 # Cornbread, hog maw and chitterlings#
00:17:38 That good, huh? - Damn, no.
00:20:25 Come on, man.
00:24:11 L'm just trying to do what a mother, a sister, a father has to do.
00:29:21 Her and Carmen are getting into a little altercation. - Get out of here.
00:34:19 and he's not here yet? What kind of managing is that?
00:39:17 It was like, with all his faults
00:43:17 But then, you know...
00:45:56 Did you wash your fucking hands? - Yeah, they're clean.
00:51:50 Who fucking cares who gave it to you? - Oh, fuck you, man.
00:56:07 we had everything that we'd never had.
01:00:37 you know? So his body...
01:08:54 # Aguanile may may #
01:15:56 No. - How is she?
01:20:39 There goes... there goes mommy.
01:25:03 and now young musicians come and make money.
01:29:34 He died with him.
01:35:48 L'm here
01:40:01 Hey, pull the sound back up! Pull the sound back.
01:45:40 # Sing if you want to sing, momma #
01:51:41 # Hey hey hey hey... #

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,605
Dialogue density13.8 lines / min
First line00:00:23
Final line01:51:41

Production Record

DirectorLeon Ichaso
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes5,404