The Lost City (2006)

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Rating: R

Release Date: Apr 28, 2006

Running Time: 138 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Steven Bauer, Richard Bradford, Nestor Carbonell, Lorena Feijoo, Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, William Marquez, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Tomas Milian, Enrique Murciano

director: Andy Garcia

The Lost City

During the Cuban Revolution of 1958-59, the three brothers of the Fellove family are ruined: brother Luis supports Castro as a clandestine terrorist and is killed by the forces of Batista; brother Ricardo joins Castro's forces as a freedom fighter and kills himself when he realizes that Castro is just another power-hungry dictator; and wary brother Fico, a nightclub entrepreneur, stays apolitical during the Revolution and sees his life's work confiscated by Castro's puritanical and acquisitive goons.

The Lost City is writer/director Andy Garcia's deeply personal but rather long-winded perspective of the Cuban revolution, with some good performances and lots of sexy music.

Story

Fico (Garcia) is a low-key Havana nightclub owner who knows how to stay out of politics--and still remain a player. As he is watching the drum beat of a revolution in his country rumble around him, along with his two brothers (Enrique Murciano and Nestor Carbonell) and his father (Tomas Milian), a university…