Miami
Rhapsody,
1995
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Writer
and Director: David Frankel
Other Actors:
Mia Farrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Paul Mazursky, Kevin Pollack
In this Woody Allen
style comedy Antonio plays a Cuban male nurse working in a seniors'
home who is involved with three generations of women in the same
family. The role was written specifically for him. In the movie,
Sarah Jessica Parker's character accepts a marriage proposal from
her boyfriend then finds out that everyone in her family has been
unfaithful to their spouse. Her mother is having an affair with
Antonio (Antonio's character) and Parker succumbs to his charms
as well.
Parker says: "He
(Antonio) is a very attractive man and that's not because of his
physical qualities, but for the emotion that he conveys in each
expression and each look."
This is Antonio's
first comedy in America and his performance is very well received
in a film that got generally luke-warm reviews. A new side of Antonio
is revealed -- Antonio's own jubilant personality -- which was never
exposed in the tormented characters he portrayed for Almodovar and
other Spanish directors. Hollywood took notice.
American magazines
were also taking notice. From Premiere: "Banderas
has resucitated the Latin lover from the garbage heap that forms
some cultural icons and has given it new life and meaning, something
astonishing if we consider the sexual scruples of the times. He
is a beautiful man, but also a versatile actor capable of doing
all types of characters."
Antonio takes his
sex-symbol status in stride. "When I am 50 years old, I probably
will be bald, like my father is now, and fat, but still an actor.
And if I am an actor, I want to continue working. If I am just a
sex symbol, the success is going to finish when I lose the hair.
They, in Hollywood, need to put a label on you, and they have put
me in that of the sex symbol."
Related Information
While filming in
Miami Antonio had to use an assumed name in hotels in order to have
some peace from thousands of Latin-American fans.
This movie
enjoyed great success at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival.
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