The Lost City (2005)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Andy Garcia

Writer:

G. Cabrera Infante (written by)

Release Date:

16 June 2006 (Canada)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A place you leave is a place that lives forever.

Plot:

In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner...

Plot Keywords:

Nightclub | Havana Cuba | Cuba | 1950s | Fidel Castro

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Danny Pino	...	Alberto Mora
Richard Marquez	...	Rega
Franklin Dominguez	...	Lieutenant Dario
William Marquez	...	Rodney
Andy Garcia	...	Fico Fellove
Nestor Carbonell	...	Luis Fellove
Inés Sastre	...	Aurora Fellove
Tomas Milian	...	Don Federico Fellove
Millie Perkins	...	Doña Cecilia Fellove
Richard Bradford	...	Don Donoso Fellove
Enrique Murciano	...	Ricardo Fellove
Dominik García-Lorido	...	Mercedes Fellove
Victor Rivers	...	El Indio
Amelia Vega	...	Minerva
Danilo Lozano	...	Timor

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

144 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #41664) | Argentina:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Company:

Crescent Drive Pictures

Trivia:

Garcia's first draft of the script was 306 pages. It was later trimmed to 120 pages.

Goofs:

Continuity: 50 minutes in the movie there is a scene where Fico interrupts Pizzi's dinner. You see Fico with a burning cigarette in the mirror's reflection. He pulls his cigarette from his mouth. Then the camera angle switches directly on him and you see him with a non-burning cigarette in his mouth. When you see Fico's reflection again the cigarette has disappeared from his mouth.

Quotes:

Meyer Lansky: She was a beautiful thing Havana. We should have known she was a... heartbreaker.

Movie Connections:

References "The Jimmy Durante Show" (1954)

Soundtrack:

Danza Lucumi

Beautiful!

As an American of Cuban parents, I had always heard the political rhetoric about Cuba as I was growing up. All the while I longed to see this beautiful island which my parents sadly left behind. Though Andy Carcia's film was not filmed in Cuba (it was filmed in the Dominican Republic) it gave me a chance to see a "Cuba" I had only heard about. As for the film itself, the conflicts of family, politics and love in the film is beautifully portrayed to reflect what has been a painful truth to a great number of Cubans. I definitely recommend this to all, Cubans and non-Cubans alike. I hope Mr. Garcia gets due recognition for this beautiful body of work. By the way... Is there an accompanying soundtrack album? The music was phenomenal!