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Because Of You

1995, Movie, R, 85 mins

Because Of You: Review

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At a Yankee army base, Cuban-American G.I. Jose Hernandez Cortez (Carlos Osorio) taught young Kyoko the dance steps of his native Cuba. Years later, 20 year-old Kyoko (Saki Takaoka) makes a pilgrimage to Manhattan to find the soldier who befriended her. However, time has been unkind to Jose, who never made the big-time. Stricken with A.I.D.S., the former dancer suffers from assorted ailments of body and brain; in fact, he doesn't even remember Kyoko. Determined to jar the dying man's memory, Kyoko coaxes Jose's caregivers into trusting her to reunite him with his family in Florida. Along the way, Kyoko and Jose encounter a hitchhiking urchin who tries to steal Jose's drugs and senior partygoers who pay Kyoko for dance lessons. An unexpectedly upbeat item from the director of TOKYO DECADENCE, this sweet-tempered dance fable joins a list of undistinguished contemporary films like DANCE WITH ME and CENTER STAGE which choreograph new steps to the same old tune of self-affirmation. Less opportunistic than other films of its ilk, it celebrates movement and Cuban rhythms without forcing each choreographed sequence into a full-blown production number. Instead, insinuating musical scenes are woven into the fabric of the narrative. Despite his sleight-of-hand, however, the director cannot freshen up the basic staleness of the living-life-to-the-fullest plotline. leave a comment --Robert Pardi
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