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7.5/10
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Directed by
  
Leon Ichaso

Starring
  
Benjamin Bratt

Cinematography
  
Claudio Chea

Director
  
Leon Ichaso

6.3/10
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Written by
  
Leon Ichaso

Music by
  
Kip Hanrahan

Initial release
  
2001

Music director
  
Kip Hanrahan

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Produced by
  
John Leguizamo John Penotti Tim Williams

Nominations
  
ALMA Award for Favorite Movie Actress - Supporting Role

Awards
  
ALMA Award for Favorite Movie Actor

Cast
  
Talisa Soto, Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Mandy Patinkin, Lorraine Velez

Similar
  
Benjamin Bratt movies, Poet movies, Biographies

Piñero is a 2001 biopic about the troubled life of Nuyorican poet and playwright Miguel Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt as the title character. It was written and directed by the Cuban filmmaker, Leon Ichaso. It premiered at the Montreal Film Festival on 31 August 2001. It then received a limited theatrical release in the United States on 13 December 2001.

Cast

  • Benjamin Bratt as Miguel Piñero
  • Talisa Soto as Sugar
  • Giancarlo Esposito as Miguel Algarin
  • Rita Moreno as Miguel's mother
  • Michael Irby as Reinaldo Povod
  • Mandy Patinkin as Joseph Papp
  • Griffin Dunne as Agent
  • Ray Santiago as Willie
  • O.L. Duke as Paul
  • Fisher Stevens as Public Theater Cashier
  • Tara Wilson as Tito's girlfriend
  • Nelson Vasquez as Tito Goya
  • References

    Piñero Wikipedia