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"Washington Heights" tells the story of Carlos Ramirez, a young illustrator burning to escape the Latino... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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A Fresh Look at Rebellion in the Old Neighborhood more (13 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Tomas Milian | ... | Eddie |
 | Manny Perez | ... | Carlos |
 | Danny Hoch | ... | Mickey |
 | Jude Ciccolella | ... | Sean |
 | Andrea Navedo | ... | Maggie |
| Bobby Cannavale | ... | Angel |
 | David Zayas | ... | David |
 | Callie Thorne | ... | Raquel |
 | Judy Reyes | ... | Daisy |
| Jaime Tirelli | ... | Guillermo |
| Michael Hyatt | ... | Michelle |
| Roberto Sanchez | ... | Tito |
 | Sara Ramirez | ... | Belkis |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Fernando Baez | ... | Man In Street |
| Denia Brache | ... | Flirting woman |
| Ray Castellanos | ... | Elderly Man |
| Brian Adam DeJesus | ... | Steven |
| Melissa Delaney-Del Valle | ... | Janeane |
 | Lisa Hammer | ... | Berna |
 | Gloria Irizarry | ... | Senora Marquez |
| Magic Juan | ... | Singer |
| Ann McDonough | ... | Mrs. Kilpatrick |
 | Yvette Mercedes | ... | Female Tennant |
| Marcos Palma | ... | Rafael |
| Gary Perez | ... | Pablo |
| José Ramón Rosario | ... | Bodega Guy |
 | Darien Sills-Evans | ... | Danny |
 | Josh Stamberg | ... | Dr. Field |
 | Joseph Lyle Taylor | ... | Gunman |
| Michele Zangara | ... | Overnight Woman |
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Rated R for language, sexuality, brief violence and drug use.Parents Guide:
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80 min (Tribeca Film Festival) | USA:89 minCountry:
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"Washington Heights" brings fresh elements to the old, but continually autobiographical for young filmmakers, story of the immigrant's son who is striving to get out of the old neighborhood.
The lead could have been played by John Garfield, but as the old neighborhood is now a Dominican Republic stronghold, he's played by Manny Perez, who was also very good in A & E's "100 Center Street." Another alum from the same show, Bobby Cannavale, only gets to do a similar role as he did in "Kingpin." but we also get to see other TV series refugees as well in different roles.
What's new here is not only does he want to be an artist, but a comic book artist escaping into an exaggerated fantasy world. The usual conflict with the father is O'Neillian as it is not just rebellion, but complicated with responsibilities.
The financial struggles of each character ties them all together in a tense web of dependencies, making the climax more shattering to all.
Freshest is the lack of sexism and genuine affection for women; all the women are employed, independent, and not dragging the men down with unwanted pregnancies; nice to know characters in such movies have finally discovered birth control (though I missed a couple of plot resolution points involving the women).
The very long list of thank you's in the credits reinforces that the film was a labor of love with minimal budget, but the resulting cheap, available light cinematography is less Dogma-noble and more just plain hard to see.