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El Cantante

El Cantante

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2006
1h 56m
7.2(131 votes)
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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.

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Nuyorican Productions

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