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 | | Heavily influenced by the "Godfather" films, "Cabaret" and Federico Fellini, it's a rich cinematic portrayal of the cataclysms, social and personal, that overtook Cuba when dictator Fulgencio Batista (played as a slightly epicene sport by Juan Fernandez) was driven from power, and the rebel regime of Fidel Castro (Gonzalo Menendez) took over. |
 | | Fico is a cabaret owner (of the Tropicana-like El Tropico), like Bogart's Rick in "Casablanca." And, like Rick, he falls in love with an idealist's wife: his brother Luis' angelically beautiful spouse, Aurora (Ines Sastre), who becomes a widow of the revolution after Luis is killed in a raid on Batista's palace. |
 | | Fico's cheek is astounding; at one point, he pulls Aurora away from a randy Che at a party also attended by Fidel. |
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