However, in the increasingly unsettled climate, he cannot be certain. When a bomb later explodes at the club, killing Fico's star entertainer (who is also his lover), Fico assumes that Lansky is behind it. As he intends for his club to remain a place of music, he turns down the offer. Ricardo is released from jail, and Fico offers to help him go to Miami or New York City, but he instead joins a rebel column headed by Che Guevara.įico is approached by Meyer Lansky, of New York's Genovese crime family, who wishes to open up a gambling room at El Tropico. When Ricardo is arrested and threatened with execution, Fico calls upon an old prep school friend Castel, now a police captain, for help. His brother Ricardo becomes a revolutionary for Castro's rebel army, his brother Luis joins the student opposition, and his father Federico, a well-respected university professor, pushes for change by constitutional, peaceful means. He lives for his family and his music, while facing the harsh realities of Batista's dictatorial regime.

It stars García, Dustin Hoffman, Inés Sastre, and Bill Murray.įico Fellove is the owner of El Trópico, a swank nightclub in Cuba in 1958. The Lost City is a 2005 American drama film directed by Andy García.

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