Word: nestor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...early 50s, Cesar and Nestor Castillo (Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas), two Cuban brothers, arrive in New York dreaming of success as musicians. America finds itself in the midst of the mambo craze, and the Castillos intend to be part...
Cesar Castillo emerges as the extroverted half of the pair, while Nestor plays the shy musician with a suitcase full of boleros...
Making his English-language film debut, Antonio Banderas (of Almodovar and Truth or Dare fame), delivers a marvelous performance as Nestor Castillo...
Since modern art helped form Glimcher's famous taste, he can be expected to daub some of it on his screen. A poignant scene of Cesar and Nestor in a Times Square photo booth was influenced by Andy Warhol; it replicates a visit Glimcher and his family made to have their snaps taken for a Warhol portrait. Close watchers of The Mambo Kings will also discern the phantom signatures of a few revered auteurs. "I like Bob Fosse's films very much," Glimcher says. "So the strip joint in my film and the close-up of a decrepit stripper...
There are longueurs toward the end of the movie, when Nestor's morose vibes infect too many of those closest to him. But mostly this is a celebration. The film pays tribute to the unslakable ambitions of the next-to-last group of immigrants who embraced the capaciousness of the American promise. See The Mambo Kings -- attend to its music and its sensuous moves -- and try, just try, to keep from dancing out of the theater. For two bouncy hours, whether you are a gas pumper in Omaha or an art dealer looking for new canvases to conquer...